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Proposed Rhode Island Firearm Legislation S2224

  this is an anti-gun bill
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

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