---
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: "SB 2492"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2492 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Courts", "Firearms"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Euer", "Goodwin", "McCaffrey", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-27"
last_action: "2018-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07d69c4f-1de7-43b6-b245-4f8041253af2"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "87b67bd219d973abc3a1d1ae4fb6b405098c8769b8a25074949b5b5caf08a220"
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 2492 (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. **2492 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2492A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–8** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-27** 02/27/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate 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
- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2018)
- **2018-05-17** 05/17/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-22** 05/22/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2018)
- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Referred to House 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 in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/31/2018)
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 House passed Sub A 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/07d69c4f-1de7-43b6-b245-4f8041253af2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).