Proposed Rhode Island Firearm Legislation H5970
Legislation Overview
Title: Weapons
Description: Increases the age from eighteen (18) to twenty-one (21) years for lawful sale of firearms or ammunition. Full-time law enforcement, state marshals and members of the U.S. military be exempt from these prohibitions.
Session: 2021 Regular Session
Last Action: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Last Action Date: March 19, 2021
Sponsors
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10 sponsors: Teresa Tanzi (D); Edith Ajello (D); Marcia Ranglin-Vassell (D); Jason Knight (D); Kathleen Fogarty (D); Rebecca Kislak (D); Gregg Amore (D); Brianna Henries (D); Jose Batista (D); Susan Donovan (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 13% (10 of 75)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 19, 2021 | Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| House | Mar 15, 2021 | Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/19/2021) |
| House | Feb 26, 2021 | Introduced, referred to House Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 26, 2021 | 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
