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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Adds the chief inspector and inspectors within the office of inspections to the definition of \"peace officer.\")"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Adds the chief inspector and inspectors within the office of inspections to the definition of \"peace officer.\")"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 2804"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2804 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Archambault"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-03-24"
+last_action: "2022-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/213471e4-05e2-4032-9f63-a9d950b068bd"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "3e8c6316d4038aec5cd59c63ae313882ddefaa5e45094f7d86e6f6a0685bbba0"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island SB 2804 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Adds the chief inspector and inspectors within the office of inspections to the definition of "peace officer.")
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2804** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2804.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Archambault — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-03-24** 03/24/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/03/2022)
+- **2022-05-03** 05/03/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2022)
+- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-05-25** 05/25/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/02/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-11** 06/11/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/15/2022)
+- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/213471e4-05e2-4032-9f63-a9d950b068bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+