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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: "SB 280"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 280 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Dimitri", "LaMountain", "Morgan", "Paolino", "Rogers", "Tikoian", "de la Cruz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-13"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af66d865-8a75-4cb9-8423-8255882f46dd"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a1a43036f93e33daa628fe6f8d09e150ccfccc9016877a907954ff4dec968e55"
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 280 (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. **280** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0280.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage — **315** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **730** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Appollonio — primary (person)
- Dimitri — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Morgan — primary (person)
- Paolino — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)
- de la Cruz — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/25/2025)
- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/01/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-04-01** 04/01/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** 04/02/2025 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-14** 06/14/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House 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/af66d865-8a75-4cb9-8423-8255882f46dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).