---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS (Replaces language referencing DEM park police and conservation police with environmental police officers.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS (Replaces language referencing DEM park police and conservation police with environmental police officers.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 784"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 784 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Environmental Management", "Public Officers", "Environment", "Fish & Wildlife"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Calkin", "Conley", "Coyne", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-25"
last_action: "2017-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/355ca648-9944-4e55-ae66-c317942cb7ff"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "2f2f3fe8beec8911d7914fd53bc8876dea3a72c8a63a297dc38965621ff7a294"
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 784 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS (Replaces language referencing DEM park police and conservation police with environmental police officers.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **784** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0784.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Calkin — primary (person)
- Conley — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-04-25** 04/25/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-04-28** 04/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/03/2017)
- **2017-05-03** 05/03/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2017)
- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2017)
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2017)
- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 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/355ca648-9944-4e55-ae66-c317942cb7ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).