Proposed Rhode Island Firearm Legislation H8024
Legislation Overview
Title: Weapons
Subject: Criminal Offenses
Description: Increases the lawful age to purchase a rifle/shotgun to from 18 years of age to 21 years of age. Also requires a person complete a basic rifle/shotgun safety course before they can legally purchase a rifle/shotgun.
Session: 2018 Regular Session
Last Action: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Last Action Date: April 24, 2018
Sponsors
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5 sponsors: Grace Diaz (D); Scott Slater (D); Shelby Maldonado (D); Teresa Tanzi (D); Daniel Mckiernan (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 7% (5 of 75)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Apr 24, 2018 | Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| House | Apr 18, 2018 | Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2018) |
| House | Mar 29, 2018 | Introduced, referred to House Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Mar 29, 2018 | 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
