---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Adds the chief inspector and inspectors within the office of inspections to the definition of \"peace officer.\")"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Adds the chief inspector and inspectors within the office of inspections to the definition of \"peace officer.\")"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7890"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7890 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hull"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-04"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcd15f24-cf8c-47bc-8f36-77e4bdd60a08"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "213742b38febd39ed6ddaf80383471a03096e17479ddc55935de0bac81d83e82"
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 HB 7890 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Adds the chief inspector and inspectors within the office of inspections to the definition of "peace officer.")

## Version chain

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

1. **7890** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7890.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **63–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hull — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-04** 03/04/2022 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/13/2022)
- **2022-04-13** 04/13/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2022)
- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/25/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-25** 05/25/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/bcd15f24-cf8c-47bc-8f36-77e4bdd60a08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).