Senate - Support

 

Senate Bill No. 123

BY  Raptakis, Tikoian, McKenney, Lombardi, Sosnowski, Ciccone

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS (Increases sentences for carrying a firearm when committing a crime of violence and for possessing a stolen firearm and requires that a person convicted of these offenses serve a period of time in which they would not be eligible for parole or probation.)

 

Senate Bill No. 192

BY  Rogers, de la Cruz, DeLuca, Paolino

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- BIRDS (Allows the taking of any wild bird by using a crossbow in addition to the weapons spelled out in this section.)

 

Senate Bill No. 269

BY  Ciccone, DiPalma, Bell, Sosnowski, Raptakis, Tikoian, Rogers

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES -- LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Exempts from the sales and use tax the sale of firearm safety equipment and related products.)

 

Senate Bill No. 337

BY  Burke, Ciccone, LaMountain, Rogers, de la Cruz, Morgan, Tikoian

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Provides the review and appeal process for individuals applying for a permit or license to carry a handgun with the licensing authority or attorney general.)

 

Senate Bill No. 346

BY  Rogers, de la Cruz, DeLuca, Paolino

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Defines suitable person and establishes reasons for applying for carry permit, establishes what information is required on applications, establishes appeal process if application denied and provides that records are not public.)

 

Senate Bill No. 348

BY  Rogers, de la Cruz, DeLuca, Paolino

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Defines suitable person, establishes reasons for applying for concealed carry permit, establishes what information is required on applications, establishes appeal process for denials, provides that records are not public permits hunting with suppressor.)

 

Senate Bill No. 350

BY  de la Cruz, Rogers, Lombardi, Ciccone, Paolino, Morgan, Raptakis, DeLuca

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION (Provides for a cause of action against an individual or entity that prohibits the possession of firearms on real property, except residences, by an individual that is authorized and licensed to carry a firearm.)

 

Senate Bill No. 354

BY  DeLuca, Ciccone, de la Cruz, Paolino, Morgan, Gallo

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Allows reciprocal concealed carry permits from out of state to be valid in Rhode Island, which is either authorized by the attorney general or subject to other reciprocal restrictions.)

 

Senate Bill No. 355

BY  de la Cruz, Rogers, Lombardi, Ciccone, DeLuca, Morgan, Burke, Raptakis

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Provides the review and appeal process for individuals applying for a permit or license to carry a handgun with the licensing authority or attorney general.)

 

Senate Bill No. 356

BY  DeLuca, de la Cruz, Paolino, Morgan, Gallo

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE (Requires that whenever a person is charged with possession of a firearm with alteration of identification marks, the alteration would create a rebuttable presumption that the person is a danger to the safety of the community.)

 

Senate Bill No. 383

BY  Rogers, de la Cruz, DeLuca, Paolino

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Allows an individual to lawfully possess a device that would silence the sound of a natural report of a rifle or shotgun to hunt game, as long as the host rifle or shotgun is allowed.)

 

Senate Bill No. 393

BY  Rogers, de la Cruz, DeLuca, Paolino

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- BURGLARY AND BREAKING AND ENTERING (Adds a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing robbery of the owner, lessor, or occupant of a motor vehicle and that the owner or occupant of the vehicle acted in self-defense.)

 

Senate Bill No. 394

BY  Rogers, de la Cruz, DeLuca, Paolino

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Prohibits the sale or possession of firearm silencers unless the person complies with federal law in the sale, possession and use.)

Senate Bill No. 400

BY  Rogers, de la Cruz, DeLuca, Paolino

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- BURGLARY AND BREAKING AND ENTERING (Provides a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing any violent criminal offense that individual is lawfully in a place they have a right to be, and acted in self-defense and reasonable belief of harm.)

 

Senate Bill No. 626

BY DeLuca, Ciccone, De La Cruz, Morgan, Rogers, Lombardo

ENTITLED: This act would permit Rhode Island residents, twenty-one (21) years of age or older, to carry a concealed handgun, without a permit, subject to meeting four (4) conditions: (1) That the person is not prohibited by law from possessing a firearm; (2) That the handgun carrier must possess a certificate of qualification of shooting proficiency; (3) That the carrier has a safety certificate recognized by the Rhode Island department of environmental management; and (4) That the carrier has, in their possession, a governmental issued photo identification.

 

Senate Bill No. 639

BY: Ciccone, DiPalma, Lombardo, de la Cruz, Rogers, Burke,
Tikoian, and Raptakis

ENTITLED: RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES – WEAPONS - This act would prohibit any city or town or licensing authority from charging more than forty dollars ($40.00) for any license or permit to carry a concealed weapon.

 

Senate – Oppose

 

Senate Bill No. 133

BY  LaMountain, Quezada, McKenney, Euer, Burke

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Requires applicant for license to carry concealed weapon to complete firearms safety course taught by certified firearms instructor and must include one hour of instruction by an attorney licensed in this state on the law of self-defense.)

 

Senate Bill No. 134

BY  LaMountain, Quezada, McKenney, Euer, Burke, Tikoian

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Prohibits any city or town from issuing permit to carry a concealed weapon unless they reside or have business in that city or town and requires out of state applicants to meet all requirements of § 11-47-18.)

 

Senate Bill No. 321

BY  Lauria, Goodwin, Pearson, Euer, Miller, Valverde, DiMario, Murray, Lawson, DiPalma

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Requires the safe storage of firearms and would provide civil penalties and criminal penalties for violations.)

 

Senate Bill No. 325

BY  Lauria, DiMario, Miller, Valverde, Lawson, LaMountain, Euer, Kallman, Gu, McKenney

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Adds rifles and shotguns to the types of firearms that require a trigger lock to be included with any purchase.)

 

Senate Bill No. 336

BY Burke, LaMountain, Tikoian

ENTITLED: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES – DISORDERLY CONDUCT - This act would make threats of mass violence and false reports of threats to any educational, religious institution, social, civic or fraternal associations a misdemeanor and would allow the court to set reasonable conditions of release of the defendant in order to ensure the safety of the community.

 

Senate Bill No. 363

BY  Zurier, Acosta, McKenney, Miller, Euer, Lauria, Mack

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Authorizes municipalities to enact ordinances regulating firearms.)

 

Senate Bill No. 379

BY  Miller, Goodwin, Euer, Acosta, Lawson, McKenney, LaMountain, Kallman, Gallo, Cano

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ASSAULT WEAPONS (Bans the possession, sale, and transfer of assault weapons. Possession of assault weapons owned on the effective date of this act would be "grandfathered". Violations are punishable by a fine or imprisonment.)

 

Senate Bill No. 625

BY LaMountain, Burke, McKenney, Acosta, Mack, Euer

ENTITLED: An act relating to State Affairs and Government – Corrections - This act would make those individuals who are convicted of carrying a firearm illegally eligible for community confinement in the discretion of the court.

 

Senate Bill No. 629

BY Tikoian, Burke, Raptakis, Murray, Lauria, McKenny

ENTITLED: RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF
CRIMINALS - This act would require law enforcement to submit any firearm seized in any investigation to the state crime laboratory and the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms (BATF) for testing and tracing.

 

Senate Bill 637

BY McKenney, Lauria, and Kallman

ENTITLED: RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF
CRIMINALS - This act would require law enforcement to submit any firearm seized in any investigation to the state crime laboratory and the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms (BATF) for testing and tracing.

 

Senate Bill No. 645

BY: McKenney, Lauria, Kallman, DiMario, and Euer

ENTITLED: RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES – WEAPONS - This act would prohibit the purchase of more than one firearm in a thirty (30) day period. Exemptions are made for law enforcement, inheritance, participation in courses of instruction, temporary rentals at gun ranges and licensed collectors.

 

Senate Bill No. 647

BY: McKenney, Kallman, Lauria, Tikoian, LaMountain, DiMario, and Eue

ENTITLED: RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES – WEAPONS - This act requires purchasers of any firearm including pistols, revolvers, rifles and shotguns, to take and pass a basic firearm safety test as shall be administered by the department of environmental management and provides that the safety course manual and test questions for firearms be evaluated and updated every two (2) years so that they reflect current gun laws and firearm safety. This act also repeals the option of taking a pistol/revolver safety course, which the department of environmental management does not offer, and replaces it with a firearm safety test, commonly known as the blue card test. It also incorporates the provisions of § 11-47-35.2 and therefore, repeals that section.

 

Senate – Neutral

 

Senate Bill No. 333

BY  Burke, Ciccone, LaMountain, Rogers, de la Cruz, Morgan, Tikoian

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Mandates that police officers qualify in the use of firearms in both daylight and nighttime conditions two (2) times per year and that correctional officers qualify every year instead of once every two (2) years.)

 

Senate Bill No. 334

BY  Burke, Ciccone, LaMountain, Rogers, de la Cruz, Morgan, Tikoian

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Increases the number of minimum rounds fired from one hundred (100) to three hundred (300) during the qualification and training of police officers.)

 

Senate Bill No. 335

BY  Burke, Ciccone, LaMountain, Rogers, de la Cruz, Morgan, Tikoian

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Mandates that police officers qualify in the use of firearms two (2) times per year instead of one time annually and correction officers qualify annually under lowlight/no light conditions.)

Senate Bill No. 611

By: Lombardi, Felag, Britto, LaMountain, Ciccone

ENTITLED: An Act relating to Criminal Offenses – Weapons -  This act would exempt from the requirement of § 11-47-35 regarding the sale of concealable weapons, the full-time members of the state police, full-time members of the capitol police, full-time law enforcement officers within the department of public safety, full-time members of city or town police departments, correctional officers, or persons licensed under § 11-47-11

 

House – Support

 

House Bill No. 5045

BY  Perez, Vella-Wilkinson, Noret, Lima, Corvese, Costantino, Cardillo

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Allows those persons with concealed carry permits issued by other states to carry upon their person weapons in Rhode Island provided that the issuing state recognizes and gives reciprocity to Rhode Island license or permit holders.)

House Bill No. 5089

BY  Bennett, Edwards, Solomon, Chippendale

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- HUNTING AND HUNTING SAFETY (Requires that when a person causes an injury requiring medical assistance to a human by firearm, archery, or crossbow while hunting or trapping, the initial responding entity must immediately make a report to DEM.)

 

House Bill No. 5208

BY  Cardillo, Costantino, Casey, Chippendale, Brien, Azzinaro, Perez, Craven

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- DEER HUNTING (Permits any person with a concealed carry permit to carry and possess their pistol or revolver while deer hunting; provided that, the pistol or revolver is not used for deer hunting.)

 

House Bill No. 5299

BY  O'Brien, Dawson, Shanley, Hull, Vella-Wilkinson, Craven, Corvese, Azzinaro, Cardillo, Solomon

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- MAINTENANCE OF ORDER ON CAMPUS (Mandates arming campus police at public higher educational institutions and includes campus police in the definition of "law enforcement officer" for the purposes of the "Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights.")

 

House Bill No. 5368

BY  Place, Rea, Chippendale, Nardone, Roberts

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Defines suitable person and establishes reasons for applying for carry permit, establishes what information is required on applications, establishes appeal process if application denied and provides that records are not public.)

 

House Bill No. 5574

BY  Place, Rea, Roberts, Nardone

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Allows reciprocal concealed carry permits from out of state to be valid in Rhode Island, which is either authorized by the attorney general or subject to other reciprocal restrictions.)

 

House Bill No. 5575

BY  Place, Roberts, Rea, Nardone

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Provides the review and appeal process for individuals applying for a permit or license to carry a handgun with the licensing authority or attorney general.)

House Bill No. 5576

BY  Place, Rea, Chippendale, Nardone

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Permits the open and concealed carrying of weapons by certain persons in the act of evacuating the area pursuant to an order of the governor or local authority under chapter 15 of title 30.)

 

House Bill No. 5696

BY  Noret, Place, Dawson, O'Brien, Corvese, Phillips, Solomon, Casey, Bennett, Baginski

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Provides the review and appeal process for individuals applying for a permit or license to carry a handgun with the licensing authority or attorney general.)

 

House Bill No. 5885

BY  Lima, Fenton-Fung, Vella-Wilkinson, Place, Brien

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Provides that any person eighteen (18) years of age who is issued a license or permit may carry a stun gun and provides for an appeal process for denial of an application for a license or permit.)

House Bill No. 6011

BY  Vella-Wilkinson, Morales, Noret, Lima, Solomon

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- GUN SAFE TAX CREDIT (Creates a tax credit for 50% of the cost of a qualified gun safe/vault/cabinet, not to exceed $5,000 even if purchased prior to effective date of the tax credit; exempts the devices from the sales tax; all provisions expire/sunset 2 yrs. after passage.)

 

House - Oppose

House Bill No. 5258

BY  Kazarian, Serpa, Potter, Stewart

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- TRADE IN ANIMAL FUR PRODUCTS ACT (Prohibits the sale, offer of sale, trade or distribution of fur products as defined and would make violations punishable by a civil fine.)

 

House Bill No. 5300

BY  Knight, Caldwell, Batista, Felix, Craven, McEntee, Kazarian, Ajello, Giraldo, Boylan

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ASSAULT WEAPONS (Bans the possession, sale, and transfer of assault weapons. Possession of assault weapons owned on the effective date of this act would be "grandfathered". Violations are punishable by a fine or imprisonment.)

 

House Bill No. 5367

BY  Potter, Boylan, Tanzi, Carson, Donovan, Caldwell, Sanchez

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Prohibits the operation of an outdoor gun range within one mile or closer of any kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) schools.)

 

House Bill No. 5369

BY  Fellela, Serpa, Messier, Ackerman

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Changes the name of § 11-47-60.1 to Safe Storage – Dillon’s Law and makes any violation of storage that results in serious bodily injury or death a felony.)

House Bill No. 5434

BY  Caldwell, Knight, Kazarian, McEntee, Craven, McGaw, Dawson, Batista, Ajello, Boylan

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Requires the safe storage of firearms and would provide civil penalties and criminal penalties for violations.)

 

House Bill No. 5572

By Batista, Craven, Knight, Potter, Cruz, Alzate, and Felix

ENTITLED - RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- DISORDERLY CONDUCT - This act would define, under the disorderly conduct statute, engaging in fighting or threatening, or in violent or tumultuous behavior to include and specify it as conduct that creates an actual public disturbance as evidenced by situations that include, but are not limited to, a gathering of people drawn to and watching the conduct, stopping, impeding or causing traffic, or creating similar public disturbances.

 

House Bill No. 5704

BY  Noret, Casimiro, Corvese, Bennett, Craven, Shanley, Vella-Wilkinson, Knight, Solomon, McNamara

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- DISORDERLY CONDUCT (Makes threats of mass violence and false reports of threats to educational, religious, social institutions or civic or fraternal associations a misdemeanor.)

 

House Bill No. 5891

BY  Knight

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Prohibits sale of firearms by dealers within (500') feet of schools or daycare centers.)

 

House Bill No. 5892

BY  Boylan, Kazarian, Tanzi, Knight, Batista, Felix, Craven, McNamara, Caldwell, McEntee

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Adds rifles and shotguns to the types of firearms that require a trigger lock to be included with any purchase.)

 

House Bill No. 5893

BY  Boylan, Tanzi, Knight, Ajello, Stewart, Potter, Kislak, Kazarian, Batista, Dawson

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Prohibits purchases of more than one firearm in any thirty (30) day period.)

 

House Bill No. 5894

BY  Boylan, Knight, Morales, Tanzi, Potter, Kislak, McEntee, Kazarian, Batista, Dawson

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Requires purchasers of firearms, to take and pass a basic firearm safety test and requires the firearm test administered by DEM be updated every two years, as deemed appropriate and repeals § 11-47-35.2.)

 

House Bill No. 5903

BY: Fogarty, Tanzi, Donovan, Shallcross Smith, Boylan, Handy, Hull, Caldwell, Henries, and Cortvriend

ENTITLED - RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- PUBLIC UTILITIES - This act would expand the crime of false reporting to include shootings or other dangerous events

 

House Bill No. 5912

BY  Boylan, Knight, Tanzi, Cruz, Kazarian, McEntee, Dawson, Potter, Kislak, Batista

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS (Requires law enforcement to submit any firearm seized in any investigation to the state crime laboratory and the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms (BATF) for testing and tracing.)

 

House Bill No. 6069

BY  Knight, Tanzi, Boylan, Dawson, Slater, Shanley

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Disqualifies individuals with prior felony convictions from purchasing or possessing a firearm.)

 

House - Neutral

 

House Bill No. 5214

BY: Craven, Shanley, Vella-Wilkinson, Noret, Costantino

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Exempts full-time members of the capitol police from the seven (7) day waiting period and other requirements for purchasing concealable firearms or rifles and shotguns.)

 

House Bill No. 5692

BY  Solomon, Cardillo, Kennedy, Azzinaro, Noret, Casey, Lima, Chippendale, Bennett

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Adds the Rhode Island capitol police to those people exempt from the necessity of possessing a firearm under § 11-47-8 and repeals the exemption for state marshals, which no longer exist.)

 

House Bill No. 5693

BY  Noret, Hull, Baginski, Vella-Wilkinson, Finkelman, Place, Dawson, Azzinaro, Lima, Costantino

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Increases the number of minimum rounds fired from one hundred (100) to three hundred (300) during the qualification and training of police officers.)

 

House Bill No. 5694

BY  Noret, Hull, Baginski, Vella-Wilkinson, Finkelman, Place, Dawson, Azzinaro, Costantino, Lima

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Mandates that police officers qualify in the use of firearms in both daylight and nighttime conditions two (2) times per year and that correctional officers qualify every year instead of once every two (2) years.)

 

House Bill No. 5695

BY  Noret, Hull, Baginski, Vella-Wilkinson, Finkelman, Place, Dawson, Azzinaro, Costantino, Lima

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Mandates that police officers qualify in the use of firearms two (2) times per year instead of one time annually and correction officers qualify annually under lowlight/no light conditions.)

 

House Bill No. 5886

BY  Noret, Baginski, Solomon, Hull, Casimiro, McNamara, Phillips, Cardillo, Corvese, Brien

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Allows members of the state police to utilize mufflers, silencers, or other devices for training.)