---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDERS -- CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Authorizes the supreme court to issue \"extreme risk protections orders\" requiring the surrender of all firearms from persons determined to be capable of causing personal injury.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDERS -- CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Authorizes the supreme court to issue \"extreme risk protections orders\" requiring the surrender of all firearms from persons determined to be capable of causing personal injury.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7688"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7688 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Courts", "Firearms"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canario", "Costantino", "Fellela", "Marshall", "Mattiello"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-23"
last_action: "2018-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bea64bb-85b3-4a90-a10c-ffef09605d26"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "0374e0ece33185fa8c6810a2efecdc7dbdec507aea621ee6c83fb9bd0b239d69"
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 7688 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--COURTS -- EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDERS -- CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Authorizes the supreme court to issue "extreme risk protections orders" requiring the surrender of all firearms from persons determined to be capable of causing personal injury.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7688 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7688Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **12–55** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **60–8** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **11–56** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **13–52** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Canario — primary (person)
- Costantino — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Marshall — primary (person)
- Mattiello — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-23** 02/23/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** 03/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2018)
- **2018-03-06** 03/06/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/10/2018)
- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 Placed on House Calendar (04/12/2018)
- **2018-04-12** 04/12/2018 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2018)
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/31/2018)
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 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/6bea64bb-85b3-4a90-a10c-ffef09605d26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).