Proposed Rhode Island Firearm Legislation S2224
Legislation Overview
Title: Assault Weapons
Description: Bans the possession, sale, and transfer of assault weapons. Possession of assault weapons owned on the effective date of this act would be "grandfathered" subject to certain registration provisions.
Session: 2022 Regular Session
Last Action: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Last Action Date: March 31, 2022
Sponsors
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10 sponsors: Joshua Miller (D); Cynthia Coyne (D); Maryellen Goodwin (D); Hanna Gallo (D); Dawn Euer (D); Ana Quezada (D); Sandra Cano (D); Meghan Kallman (D); Walter Felag (D); Susan Sosnowski (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 26% (10 of 38)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Mar 31, 2022 | Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| Senate | Mar 25, 2022 | Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/31/2022) |
| Senate | Feb 8, 2022 | Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 8, 2022 | 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
