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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS"
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description: "Allows law enforcement to utilize mufflers, silencers, or other devices for deadening or muffling the sound of a firearm while acting within the scope of their official duties under the supervision of the police chief or colonel of the state police."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 2828"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2828 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Burke", "Felag", "Lombardi", "McKenney", "Quezada", "Raptakis", "Tikoian"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-03-22"
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last_action: "2024-06-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3356387b-edc8-475a-bc40-9566a2eb0fc6"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "56d7ffdf528e31c9a5f22cecc6d1bf158337ae1add46583ae288b2e2fc24847d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island SB 2828 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS
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Allows law enforcement to utilize mufflers, silencers, or other devices for deadening or muffling the sound of a firearm while acting within the scope of their official duties under the supervision of the police chief or colonel of the state police.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **2828 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2828A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **57–4** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **36–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bissaillon — primary (person)
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- Burke — primary (person)
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- Felag — primary (person)
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- Lombardi — primary (person)
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- McKenney — primary (person)
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- Quezada — primary (person)
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- Raptakis — primary (person)
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- Tikoian — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2024)
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- **2024-03-28** 03/28/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2024)
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- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3356387b-edc8-475a-bc40-9566a2eb0fc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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