Proposed Rhode Island Firearm Legislation H5666
Legislation Overview
Title: Mandates arming campus police at public higher educational institutions and includes campus police in the definition of "law enforcement officer" for the purposes of the "Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights."
Subject: Education: EDUCATION -- MAINTENANCE OF ORDER ON CAMPUS
Description: EDUCATION -- MAINTENANCE OF ORDER ON CAMPUS - Mandates arming campus police at public higher educational institutions and includes campus police in the definition of "law enforcement officer" for the purposes of the "Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights."
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Last Action: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Last Action Date: March 26, 2025
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: William O'Brien (D); Earl Read (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 3% (2 of 75)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 26, 2025 | Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| House | Mar 12, 2025 | Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2025) |
| House | Feb 26, 2025 | Introduced, referred to House Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 26, 2025 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
