republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2024/sb-2202.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS	Requires safe storage of firearms/provides civil and criminal penalties for violations/adds rifles and shotguns to the types of firearms requiring a trigger lock to be included with purchase/requires firearms dealers post signs regarding safe storage.	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2024	SB 2202	Rhode Island SB 2202 (2024)	bill		enacted	Cano DiMario DiPalma Euer Felag Gallo Lauria Lawson Miller Pearson	1	15	4	2024-01-24	2024-06-13	openstates	ocd-bill/7655a158-8733-427f-b18d-0e60108b8728	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	4ecf0987f4e818ebdc69790e485c6d7baefb36ee71ff64195522bd47dfd0fb2d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 2202 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS

Requires safe storage of firearms/provides civil and criminal penalties for violations/adds rifles and shotguns to the types of firearms requiring a trigger lock to be included with purchase/requires firearms dealers post signs regarding safe storage.

Version chain

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

1. 2202 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 30–7 (pass) · upper
• Passage as Amended — 29–7 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 46–24 (pass) · upper
• Approval of Amendment — 28–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cano — primary (person)
• DiMario — primary (person)
• DiPalma — primary (person)
• Euer — primary (person)
• Felag — primary (person)
• Gallo — primary (person)
• Lauria — primary (person)
• Lawson — primary (person)
• Miller — primary (person)
• Pearson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-24 01/24/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-08 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2024)
• 2024-03-12 03/12/2024 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-13 03/13/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/19/2024) reading-3
• 2024-03-19 03/19/2024 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) passage
• 2024-03-20 03/20/2024 Referred to House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-05-21 05/21/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2024)
• 2024-05-22 05/22/2024 Proposed Substitute substitution
• 2024-05-23 05/23/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-24 05/24/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/28/2024) reading-3
• 2024-05-28 05/28/2024 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 in concurrence passage
• 2024-06-11 06/11/2024 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-06-13 06/13/2024 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7655a158-8733-427f-b18d-0e60108b8728. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).