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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- BIRDS"
+description: "Allows the taking of wild turkeys by using a crossbow in compliance with rules and regulations promulgated by DEM."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 2154"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2154 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "DeLuca", "Morgan", "Paolino", "Rogers", "de la Cruz"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-24"
+last_action: "2024-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b662fc31-c086-4f38-aa84-13b291ec10d6"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "bbe076a1fd799d9aff53b858bb02236ee01b2acb939701a1da3aedaff849fba7"
+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 2154 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- BIRDS
+
+Allows the taking of wild turkeys by using a crossbow in compliance with rules and regulations promulgated by DEM.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2154** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2154.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–1** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- DeLuca — primary (person)
+- Morgan — primary (person)
+- Paolino — primary (person)
+- Rogers — primary (person)
+- de la Cruz — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-24** 01/24/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 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`
+- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/01/2024)
+- **2024-05-01** 05/01/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/09/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-09** 05/09/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2024)
+- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-29** 06/29/2024 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b662fc31-c086-4f38-aa84-13b291ec10d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+