Proposed Rhode Island Firearm Legislation S0403
Legislation Overview
Title: Weapons
Subject: Criminal Offenses
Description: Provides that no person shall knowingly purchase or otherwise obtain a firearm on behalf of or transfer to a person who the transferor knows or reasonably should know is prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm under federal or state law.
Session: 2017 Regular Session
Last Action: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Last Action Date: June 6, 2017
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Joshua Miller (D); Donna Nesselbush (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 5% (2 of 38)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jun 6, 2017 | Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| Senate | Jun 2, 2017 | Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2017) |
| Senate | Mar 2, 2017 | Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Mar 2, 2017 | 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
