---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- BIRDS"
description: "Allows the taking of wild turkeys by using a crossbow in compliance with rules and regulations promulgated by DEM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2154"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2154 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "DeLuca", "Morgan", "Paolino", "Rogers", "de la Cruz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b662fc31-c086-4f38-aa84-13b291ec10d6"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "bbe076a1fd799d9aff53b858bb02236ee01b2acb939701a1da3aedaff849fba7"
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 2154 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- BIRDS

Allows the taking of wild turkeys by using a crossbow in compliance with rules and regulations promulgated by DEM.

## Version chain

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

1. **2154** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2154.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DeLuca — primary (person)
- Morgan — primary (person)
- Paolino — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- de la Cruz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** 01/24/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2024)
- **2024-03-13** 03/13/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/01/2024)
- **2024-05-01** 05/01/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/09/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** 05/09/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2024)
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-29** 06/29/2024 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b662fc31-c086-4f38-aa84-13b291ec10d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).