---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LOBSTERS AND OTHER CRUSTACEANS"
description: "Amends the current law to allow for the harvesting of blue crabs during the hours of darkness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2954"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2954 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Euer", "LaMountain"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-05"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05113d72-f5b5-4b34-8e8e-b35f0461c389"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a0dea5f902a831c0088dac0af6c6f58933ffd4e8d3effae16a9befebbacee90d"
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 2954 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LOBSTERS AND OTHER CRUSTACEANS

Amends the current law to allow for the harvesting of blue crabs during the hours of darkness.

## Version chain

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

1. **2954** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2954.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **75–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Euer — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/08/2024)
- **2024-05-08** 05/08/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House passed 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/05113d72-f5b5-4b34-8e8e-b35f0461c389`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).