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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS"
+description: "Requires safe storage of firearms/provides civil and criminal penalties for violations/adds rifles and shotguns to the types of firearms requiring a trigger lock to be included with purchase/requires firearms dealers post signs regarding safe storage"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7373"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7373 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Batista", "Boylan", "Caldwell", "Fellela", "Fogarty", "Handy", "Kazarian", "Knight", "McEntee", "Stewart"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-01-31"
+last_action: "2024-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1016549b-0c1b-4eb0-8999-cecd0c7eae37"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "1e62d7470d34ca1c96cb286f437ecd7ed7cf75c5d0880a781c0b778e4674a222"
+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 7373 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS
+
+Requires safe storage of firearms/provides civil and criminal penalties for violations/adds rifles and shotguns to the types of firearms requiring a trigger lock to be included with purchase/requires firearms dealers post signs regarding safe storage
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7373 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7373A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **46–24** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Batista — primary (person)
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Handy — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Stewart — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-31** 01/31/2024 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2024)
+- **2024-03-13** 03/13/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-05-20** 05/20/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2024)
+- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-05-23** 05/23/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/28/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 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 in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 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/1016549b-0c1b-4eb0-8999-cecd0c7eae37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+