---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ARREST"
description: "Makes it unlawful for a person in the custody of the department of corrections to use any force or weapon to resist a lawful request or directive."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2733"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2733 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Dimitri", "Famiglietti", "LaMountain", "Paolino", "Raptakis", "Rogers", "Thompson", "de la Cruz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-27"
last_action: "2026-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfb88e9d-7a82-40dc-bf73-b45eeac2cc60"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "696ea9d05a30ceffcc1dcb5c2fc15e64b4bbede21eaecab0cc2125c422ecf0b1"
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 2733 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ARREST

Makes it unlawful for a person in the custody of the department of corrections to use any force or weapon to resist a lawful request or directive.

## Version chain

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

1. **2733 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2733A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **25–13** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appollonio — primary (person)
- Dimitri — primary (person)
- Famiglietti — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Paolino — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)
- de la Cruz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** 03/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/10/2026)
- **2026-03-10** 03/10/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2026)
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-22** 06/22/2026 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/bfb88e9d-7a82-40dc-bf73-b45eeac2cc60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).