---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS"
description: "Replaces state marshals with capitol police as to those law enforcement officers being exempt from certain firearm restrictions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 6242"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6242 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Biah", "Corvese", "DeSimone", "Hull", "Lima", "Lombardi", "O'Brien", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-04-22"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3804f2c-3a2a-4245-9de5-6ffa3746ef66"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "fc1dc14876fc770d7f403651f778ac9d27d19694b9a8ed48e14a9cc7d804d9fd"
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 6242 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS

Replaces state marshals with capitol police as to those law enforcement officers being exempt from certain firearm restrictions.

## Version chain

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

1. **6242** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6242.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Biah — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- DeSimone — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Lima — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-22** 04/22/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** 04/22/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2025)
- **2025-04-24** 04/24/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2025)
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3804f2c-3a2a-4245-9de5-6ffa3746ef66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).