Proposed Rhode Island Firearm Legislation H5172
Legislation Overview
Title: Relating To Criminal Offenses-weapons
Description: Raises the legal age to purchase or sell a rifle or shotgun from 18 years of age to 21 years of age and restricts permits to minors for sporting or training to age 21.
Session: 2019 Regular Session
Last Action: Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/19/2019)
Last Action Date: March 15, 2019
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Joseph Shekarchi (D); Joseph Almeida (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 3% (2 of 75)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 15, 2019 | Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration |
| House | Mar 15, 2019 | Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/19/2019) |
| House | Jan 23, 2019 | Introduced, referred to House Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 23, 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
