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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- DISARMING A PEACE OFFICER"
description: "Makes it a felony for any person to remove or attempt to remove any firearm or other weapon or any communication device from any peace officer or investigator of the department of attorney general."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7753"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7753 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chippendale", "Corvese", "Fascia", "Fellela", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Read", "Santucci", "Serpa", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-12"
last_action: "2026-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcbe0c87-8441-481e-addb-82f4589eb114"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "fa8f03b99cf337ae5a74b18b1021a2d19cfbf79390f0746dc4a2b70befa6632d"
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 HB 7753 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- DISARMING A PEACE OFFICER
Makes it a felony for any person to remove or attempt to remove any firearm or other weapon or any communication device from any peace officer or investigator of the department of attorney general.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **7753 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7753A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **691** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chippendale — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Fascia — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Santucci — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-12** 02/12/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2026-03-22** 03/22/2026 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/24/2026)
- **2026-04-01** 04/01/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (04/08/2026)
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2026)
- **2026-04-30** 04/30/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/fcbe0c87-8441-481e-addb-82f4589eb114`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).