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HB 8086STATE · Rhode IslandIn Committee

AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS AND COMPLAINTS

Voted 4/14/2026

Summary

Provides that the statute of limitations for second-degree sexual assault shall be 10 years from the date of the offense, or, in the case of a victim who is under the age of 18, ten years from the victim’s eighteenth birthday, whichever is later.

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How representatives voted

67 yea·4 nay

Docket history

Action history

  1. 4/14/202604/14/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary
  2. 4/7/202604/07/2026 House passed Sub A
  3. 4/3/202604/03/2026 Placed on House Calendar (04/07/2026)
  4. 4/2/202604/02/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
  5. 3/27/202603/27/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/02/2026)
  6. 3/27/202603/27/2026 Proposed Substitute
  7. 3/12/202603/12/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
  8. 3/6/202603/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2026)
  9. 2/27/202602/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary