Proposed Rhode Island Firearm Legislation S0638
Legislation Overview
Title: Weapons
Description: Prohibits obtaining a firearm on behalf of another person if that person is prohibited from possessing a firearm. Increases the penalties for purchases of firearms by use of false information.
Session: 2019 Regular Session
Last Action: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Last Action Date: April 2, 2019
Sponsors
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5 sponsors: Joshua Miller (D); Erin Lynch Prata (D); Maryellen Goodwin (D); Louis Dipalma (D); Frank Lombardi (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 13% (5 of 38)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Apr 2, 2019 | Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| Senate | Mar 27, 2019 | Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2019) |
| Senate | Mar 19, 2019 | Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Mar 19, 2019 | 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
