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Committee weighs naming amendment to safe-storage law after teen who died; family asks for memorial designation
Summary
Representative Fallella proposed amending the safe-storage statute heading to read “Dylan’s Law.” Dylan’s mother spoke to the committee asking for the heading change to memorialize her son; committee members expressed support. No policy text changes were discussed in this hearing segment.
Representative Fallella introduced House Bill 5263, a technical amendment to the heading of Rhode Island General Laws §11-40-7660.1 (the safe-storage act) to include the wording “Dylan’s Law” as a memorial designation.
Rhonda (Dylan’s mother) testified that her son, Dylan, died in 2022 and she requested the committee consider renaming the safe-storage statute heading in his memory to emphasize firearm safety and parental responsibility. Representative Fallella and several committee members expressed support for the designation and for reviewing safe-storage work the committee previously advanced. Testimony in the transcript focused on the memorial naming and the family’s request rather than detailed statutory modifications.
The committee did not record a roll-call vote in the excerpt; members indicated support for moving the measure forward and expressed sympathy for the family.
