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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS"
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description: "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"
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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: "HB 7373"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7373 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Batista", "Boylan", "Caldwell", "Fellela", "Fogarty", "Handy", "Kazarian", "Knight", "McEntee", "Stewart"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2024-01-31"
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last_action: "2024-06-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1016549b-0c1b-4eb0-8999-cecd0c7eae37"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "1e62d7470d34ca1c96cb286f437ecd7ed7cf75c5d0880a781c0b778e4674a222"
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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 HB 7373 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS
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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
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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. **7373 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7373A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **46–24** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Batista — primary (person)
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- Boylan — primary (person)
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- Caldwell — primary (person)
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- Fellela — primary (person)
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- Handy — primary (person)
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- Kazarian — primary (person)
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- Knight — primary (person)
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- McEntee — primary (person)
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- Stewart — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-31** 01/31/2024 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2024)
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- **2024-03-13** 03/13/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-05-20** 05/20/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2024)
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- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2024-05-23** 05/23/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/28/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 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/1016549b-0c1b-4eb0-8999-cecd0c7eae37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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