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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS"
+description: "Replaces state marshals with capitol police as to those law enforcement officers being exempt from certain firearm restrictions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 6242"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6242 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Biah", "Corvese", "DeSimone", "Hull", "Lima", "Lombardi", "O'Brien", "Slater"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-04-22"
+last_action: "2025-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3804f2c-3a2a-4245-9de5-6ffa3746ef66"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "fc1dc14876fc770d7f403651f778ac9d27d19694b9a8ed48e14a9cc7d804d9fd"
+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 6242 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS
+
+Replaces state marshals with capitol police as to those law enforcement officers being exempt from certain firearm restrictions.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6242** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6242.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Biah — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- DeSimone — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Lima — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-04-22** 04/22/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-22** 04/22/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2025)
+- **2025-04-24** 04/24/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2025)
+- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/c3804f2c-3a2a-4245-9de5-6ffa3746ef66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+