---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- DEER HUNTING"
description: "Modifies reporting requirements regarding collisions between vehicles and wildlife where the vehicle has been substantially damaged."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2810"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2810 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "DiMario", "Felag", "LaMountain", "Raptakis", "Rogers", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-22"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0140ea37-66f3-432f-bf68-1ec46a4e7f11"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d7d224c36b0d86659be303433a61edf1c62e55f1f12e7eae3d42d29a324368c6"
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 2810 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- DEER HUNTING

Modifies reporting requirements regarding collisions between vehicles and wildlife where the vehicle has been substantially damaged.

## Version chain

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

1. **2810 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2810aa.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **75–0** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2024)
- **2024-04-10** 04/10/2024 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 passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-19** 05/19/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2024)
- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/0140ea37-66f3-432f-bf68-1ec46a4e7f11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).