Proposed Rhode Island Firearm Legislation H5992
Legislation Overview
Title: Burglary And Breaking And Entering
Description: Provides a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing any violent criminal offense that individual is lawfully in a place they have a right to be, and acted in self-defense and reasonable belief of harm.
Session: 2021 Regular Session
Last Action: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Last Action Date: March 9, 2021
Sponsors
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6 sponsors: Michael Chippendale (R); Robert Quattrocchi (R); Edward Cardillo (D); Charlene Lima (D); Arthur Corvese (D); David Place (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 8% (6 of 75)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 9, 2021 | Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| House | Mar 5, 2021 | Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/09/2021) |
| 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
