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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' BILL OF RIGHTS"
+description: "Creates the law enforcement officer's due process accountability and transparency act."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7263"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7263 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Azzinaro", "Bennett", "Corvese", "Dawson", "Diaz", "Hull", "Noret", "Perez", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-01-23"
+last_action: "2024-06-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31bbef31-1ba6-4c38-91ab-2363bfd353ff"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "3e1eb2909483253d9aa6abdafb1703112a235119e071ad1cda4c1b7eede069b1"
+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 HB 7263 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' BILL OF RIGHTS
+
+Creates the law enforcement officer's due process accountability and transparency act.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7263 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7263Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **58–14** (pass) · lower
+- LAY ON TABLE — **14–55** (fail) · lower
+- LAY ON TABLE — **47–25** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Abney — primary (person)
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Perez — primary (person)
+- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-23** 01/23/2024 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/08/2024)
+- **2024-02-08** 02/08/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2024)
+- **2024-05-06** 05/06/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/09/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-09** 05/09/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 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/31bbef31-1ba6-4c38-91ab-2363bfd353ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+