---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATEWIDE BODY-WORN CAMERA PROGRAM (Creates a statewide body-worn camera program for police departments in the state.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATEWIDE BODY-WORN CAMERA PROGRAM (Creates a statewide body-worn camera program for police departments in the state.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 954"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 954 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Computer Technology", "Health & Safety", "Police & Fire", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Coyne", "Goodwin", "McCaffrey", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-16"
last_action: "2021-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc632760-41e7-4afd-91b3-551ec970f20a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1d3b3ed7b33b176707e5b4515dd87877fee490bb8ff9826afb1b2bdeb9c57e01"
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 954 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATEWIDE BODY-WORN CAMERA PROGRAM (Creates a statewide body-worn camera program for police departments in the state.)

## Version chain

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

1. **954** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0954.pdf)

## Votes

- CAMERA PROGRAM — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/21/2021)
- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/24/2021)
- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-08** 07/08/2021 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/fc632760-41e7-4afd-91b3-551ec970f20a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).