Municipal police officers; authorizing retired municipal police officer to retain firearm and badge. Effective date.
SB 462 allows retired municipal police officers to retain their service firearm and badge after leaving their position, directly affecting officers who retire from city or town police departments. The bill removes the previous requirement for them to surrender these items upon retirement. This policy change becomes effective immediately upon the governor's approval on May 22, 2025. The law specifically applies to municipal officers, not state-level law enforcement.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Signed May 27, 2025
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3 edits
MINOR
The bill was amended to update formatting and committee reporting information as it moved from the House to the Senate floor. The substantive policy language regarding retired police officers retaining firearms and badges remains unchanged.
TECHNICAL
Changed the document header from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' with updated date and committee designation.
Updated committee report section to reflect the Senate Public Safety Committee instead of the Judiciary and Public Safety Committee.
Adjusted line numbers and spacing throughout the document to match Senate formatting standards.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
11
Committee
7
Amendments
1
May 27, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 05/22/2025
upper
May 15, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
upper
May 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 3
upper
May 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
HAs adopted
upper
May 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 1
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Public Safety
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Committee
Referred to Public Safety
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 1
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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