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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS"
+description: "Allows law enforcement to utilize mufflers, silencers, or other devices for deadening or muffling the sound of a firearm while acting within the scope of their official duties under the supervision of the police chief or colonel of the state police."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 2828"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2828 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Burke", "Felag", "Lombardi", "McKenney", "Quezada", "Raptakis", "Tikoian"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-03-22"
+last_action: "2024-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3356387b-edc8-475a-bc40-9566a2eb0fc6"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "56d7ffdf528e31c9a5f22cecc6d1bf158337ae1add46583ae288b2e2fc24847d"
+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 2828 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS
+
+Allows law enforcement to utilize mufflers, silencers, or other devices for deadening or muffling the sound of a firearm while acting within the scope of their official duties under the supervision of the police chief or colonel of the state police.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2828 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2828A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **57–4** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **36–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bissaillon — primary (person)
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+- Raptakis — primary (person)
+- Tikoian — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2024)
+- **2024-03-28** 03/28/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2024)
+- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/3356387b-edc8-475a-bc40-9566a2eb0fc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+