Rhode Island · Senate Bill 821 · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THREATS AND EXTORTION

SB 821 Sponsored by Peter A. Appollonio Jr. Died in committee

  1. Introduced Mar 14, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 14, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Considers state government caseworkers or investigators "public officials" for purposes of the prohibition on making threats to public officials.

Every action

3 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. CommitteeIntroduced, referred to Senate Judiciary · Senate Judiciary
  2. CommitteeScheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2025) · Senate Judiciary
  3. CommitteeCommittee recommended measure be held for further study · Senate Judiciary

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 4 cosponsors: 4 Democrats.

All 4 cosponsors

From Rhode Island's official records (status.rilegislature.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.