Proposed Rhode Island Firearm Legislation S2393
Legislation Overview
Title: Weapons
Description: Allows a person over eighteen (18) to purchase, carry, conceal, possess, use or attempt to use a stun gun for self defense. Additionally, establishes no duty to retreat when using a stun gun for self defense of the person or a third party.
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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7 sponsors: Jessica de la Cruz (R); Thomas Paolino (R); Leonidas Raptakis (D); Frank Lombardi (D); Frank Ciccone (D); Frank Lombardo (D); Elaine Morgan (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 18% (7 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 15, 2022 | Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 15, 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
