---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- EXPLOSIVES AND FIREWORKS (Amends the criminal offense for placing bombs or falsely reporting bomb threats and criminalizes the possession of materials readily convertible to a bomb or explosive device.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- EXPLOSIVES AND FIREWORKS (Amends the criminal offense for placing bombs or falsely reporting bomb threats and criminalizes the possession of materials readily convertible to a bomb or explosive device.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2952"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2952 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offense", "Fire Code"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "Lynch Prata", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-31"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d8b8a0a-5fef-4a19-805c-c07d111fdcc6"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "17ecb3e2e9a6941ba31a7c3bb07a0466b74642000ec551ffa49c7ead7e7a55ce"
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 2952 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- EXPLOSIVES AND FIREWORKS (Amends the criminal offense for placing bombs or falsely reporting bomb threats and criminalizes the possession of materials readily convertible to a bomb or explosive device.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2952 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2952A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/05/2018)
- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/0d8b8a0a-5fef-4a19-805c-c07d111fdcc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).