---
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: "HB 7263"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7263 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Azzinaro", "Bennett", "Corvese", "Dawson", "Diaz", "Hull", "Noret", "Perez", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31bbef31-1ba6-4c38-91ab-2363bfd353ff"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "3e1eb2909483253d9aa6abdafb1703112a235119e071ad1cda4c1b7eede069b1"
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 7263 (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. **7263 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7263Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **58–14** (pass) · lower
- LAY ON TABLE — **14–55** (fail) · lower
- LAY ON TABLE — **47–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abney — primary (person)
- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Perez — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-23** 01/23/2024 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/08/2024)
- **2024-02-08** 02/08/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **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/31bbef31-1ba6-4c38-91ab-2363bfd353ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).