---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' BILL OF RIGHTS"
description: "Creates the law enforcement officer's due process accountability and transparency act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2096"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2096 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto", "Cano", "Euer", "Gallo", "Kallman", "LaMountain", "Pearson", "Ruggerio", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-12"
last_action: "2024-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0933b442-85ea-4170-8756-edf6c45c26e5"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0e215eff98a79f3845e2e31c19082daf1247fe3ffc3bae7e95e2f21f1c499619"
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 2096 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' BILL OF RIGHTS

Creates the law enforcement officer's due process accountability and transparency act.

## Version chain

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

1. **2096 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2096Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Approval of Amendment — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **12–25** (fail) · upper
- PASSAGE — **58–14** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **33–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-12** 01/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** 01/19/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/23/2024)
- **2024-01-23** 01/23/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-23** 01/23/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (01/25/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-01-25** 01/25/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-01-26** 01/26/2024 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2024)
- **2024-05-06** 05/06/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/09/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** 05/09/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 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/0933b442-85ea-4170-8756-edf6c45c26e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).