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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS"
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2202"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2202 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Felag", "Gallo", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Miller", "Pearson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7655a158-8733-427f-b18d-0e60108b8728"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4ecf0987f4e818ebdc69790e485c6d7baefb36ee71ff64195522bd47dfd0fb2d"
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 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](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2202A.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage — **307** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **297** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **4624** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **287** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7655a158-8733-427f-b18d-0e60108b8728`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).