Proposed Rhode Island Firearm Legislation H7300
Legislation Overview
Title: Weapons
Description: Makes it a violation to store or leave a firearm unsecured and punishable by a fine of $3,000, if a child is injured or killed as a result of firearm owner leaving firearm unsecured, owner shall be guilty of felony and punished up to five years in jail.
Session: 2022 Regular Session
Last Action: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Last Action Date: March 30, 2022
Sponsors
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10 sponsors: Justine Caldwell (D); Katherine Kazarian (D); Robert Craven (D); Jason Knight (D); Scott Slater (D); Rebecca Kislak (D); Brandon Potter (D); Kathleen Fogarty (D); Gregg Amore (D); Nathan Biah (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 13% (10 of 75)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 30, 2022 | Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| House | Mar 25, 2022 | Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/30/2022) |
| House | Feb 2, 2022 | Introduced, referred to House Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Feb 2, 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
