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SENATE

Support

 

Senate Bill No. 2218

BY  de la Cruz, Rogers, Paolino, Lombardo, Ciccone, Raptakis

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. 2359

BY  Rogers, de la Cruz, Paolino, Ciccone, E Morgan, Lombardo, Archambault

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. 2361

BY  de la Cruz, Rogers, Paolino, Raptakis, F Lombardi, Ciccone, Lombardo, E Morgan

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

 

Senate Bill No. 2376

BY  Rogers, E Morgan, de la Cruz

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS - ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Exempts from "public records" availability, all those documents, evidence and records of proceedings considered by the "relief from disqualifiers board and appellate courts" involving request for relief from firearm prohibitions.)

 

Senate Bill No. 2377

BY  Rogers, de la Cruz, E Morgan, F Lombardi, Archambault, Ciccone, Lombardo

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. 2378

BY  Rogers, E Morgan, de la Cruz, F Lombardi, Ciccone, Lombardo

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS (Permits Rhode Island residents, twenty-one (21) years of age or older, to carry a concealed handgun, without a permit.)

 

Senate Bill No. 2388

BY  Raptakis, F Lombardi, Lombardo, Sosnowski, Ciccone, Burke

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. 2403

BY  Rogers, E Morgan, de la Cruz, F Lombardi, Archambault, Ciccone, Lombardo

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. 2540

BY  Rogers, de la Cruz, Paolino, Lombardo

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. 2541

BY  Rogers, de la Cruz, Paolino, Ciccone

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS -- ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS (Amends various laws related to firearms.)

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Senate Bill No. 2542

BY  Rogers, de la Cruz, Paolino, Lombardo

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. 2543

BY  Rogers, de la Cruz, Paolino, Lombardo

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.)

 

Oppose

 

Senate Bill No. 2116

BY  Archambault, Burke

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Authorizes the police authority making a background check of an applicant seeking to buy a firearm, to invoice the seller of any pistol, revolver, shotgun or rifle, a twenty-five dollar ($25.00) fee per non-disqualifying background check.)

 

Senate Bill No. 2224

BY  Miller, Coyne, Goodwin, Gallo, Euer, Quezada, Cano, Kallman, Felag, Sosnowski

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" subject to certain registration provisions.)

 

Senate Bill No. 2289

BY  Quezada, Euer, Cano, Murray, Burke

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Authorizes school administration to issue an out-of-school suspension if student is a threat to safety of students, teachers, or administrators; or guilty of violating school regs on alcohol, drugs or controlled substances, or weapons.)

 

Senate Bill No. 2393

BY  de la Cruz, Paolino, Raptakis, F Lombardi, Ciccone, Lombardo, E Morgan

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Allows a person over eighteen (18) to purchase, carry, conceal, possess, use or attempt to use a stun gun for self defense. Additionally, establishes no duty to retreat when using a stun gun for self defense of the person or a third party.)

 

Senate Bill No. 2523

BY  de la Cruz, Rogers, Paolino, Ciccone, Lombardo, F Lombardi

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Defines taser and stun gun under § 11-47-2, provides any person over the age of 18 is permitted to carry a taser without a license and use it in self-defense if they have a reasonable belief that they are in imminent fear of bodily harm.)

 

Senate Bill No. 2589

(General Treasurer)

BY  Mack, Anderson, Calkin, Acosta, Miller, Mendes, Kallman

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE - IDENTIFICATION OF STATE PENSION FUNDS WITH MILITARY CONTRACTORS (Requires the state investment commission to identify pension fund investments in military weapon manufacturers whether held directly and indirectly.)

 

Senate Bill No. 2628

BY  Anderson, Calkin

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Permits the city of Warwick to prohibit the sale of firearms within five hundred feet (500 ft.) of any school or daycare facility.)

 

Senate Bill No. 2637

BY  Goodwin, Miller, Coyne, DiMario, Lawson, Cano, Kallman, Murray, Quezada, Zurier

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Increases the age from eighteen (18) to twenty-one (21) years for lawful sale of firearms or ammunition. Exempts full-time law enforcement, state marshals and members of the U.S. military from these prohibitions.)

 

Senate Bill No. 2653

BY  Coyne, Goodwin, Miller, DiPalma, Felag, Quezada, Seveney, Euer, Lawson, DiMario

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- LARGE CAPACITY FEEDING DEVICE BAN OF 2022 (Makes it a felony for an individual to possess any semi-automatic firearm magazine which is capable of holding more than ten (10) rounds of ammunition. Violations are punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment or a fine of up to $5,000.)

 

Senate Bill No. 2704

BY  Coyne, Euer, Murray, DiPalma, Seveney, DiMario

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Permits only attorney general to issue concealed carry permits, repeals provisions allowing minors to possess firearms, requires federal background check on all concealed carry applicants, repeals right of carry permits for retired law enforcement.)

 

Senate Bill No. 2733

(Attorney General)

BY  Goodwin

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Disqualifies individuals with prior convictions for possession of a firearm without a license from purchasing or possessing a firearm.)

 

Neutral

Senate Bill No. 2507

BY  Burke, Coyne, Lombardo, Archambault

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. 2629

BY  Burke

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. 2630

BY  Burke

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.)

 

 

HOUSE

Support

 

House Bill No. 7196

BY  Place, Roberts, Chippendale, Quattrocchi, Nardone

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Amends the definition of firearms to include tasers, as well as define taser and stun gun.)

 

House Bill No. 7301

BY  C Lima, S Lima, Vella-Wilkinson, Place, Noret

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Permits any person 18 years of age or older to possess a stun gun and permits those persons with a concealed carry permit can also carry a stun gun. Adds "tasers" to the definition of "firearm." Creates appeal process for denial of permit to carry.)

 

House Bill No. 7302

BY  C Lima, S Lima, Vella-Wilkinson, Place, Noret

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. 7456

BY  Perez, Vella-Wilkinson, Quattrocchi, Solomon, Roberts, Place, Hull, J Lombardi, McLaughlin

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 RI permit holders.)

 

House Bill No. 7459

BY  O'Brien, Craven, Noret, Corvese, Solomon, Costantino, C Lima, Azzinaro, Vella-Wilkinson, Hawkins

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. 7544

BY  Noret, Chippendale, Cardillo, Shanley, Place, Filippi

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.)

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02/18/2022 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources

 

House Bill No. 7569

BY  Cardillo, Phillips, Noret, Chippendale, Shanley, C Lima, Craven, Corvese, Solomon

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Defines suitable person relative to possessing a firearm. An unsuitable person being defined as one that is clear and present danger to themselves or others or anyone that is a member of a criminal street gang as defined under § 12-19-39(a).)

 

House Bill No. 7570

BY  Chippendale, Cardillo, Place

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Permits any person 21 years of age or older to carry a concealed firearm provided that they have qualified in accordance with § 11-47-15 and has completed a hunter safety course.)

 

House Bill No. 7610

BY  Chippendale, Quattrocchi, Price, Nardone, Bennett, Filippi, Tobon, Shanley, Fenton-Fung, Place

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE - LICENSING (Prohibits the departmental of environmental management or any other licensing authority issuing hunting or fishing licenses, from requiring any applicant to provide their social security number or other tax identification number.)

 

House Bill No. 7692

BY  Chippendale, Place, Nardone, Casey, C Lima

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.)

 

House Bill No. 7762

BY  Cardillo, Chippendale

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. 7763

BY  Place, Chippendale, Cardillo

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. 7806

BY  Cardillo, Chippendale, Perez, O'Brien

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS -- EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Establishes school security committee administer increased school security measures and an active shooter training program to increase school security and permit exemptions for entering school property by anyone with a carry concealed carry permit.)

 

House Bill No. 7868

BY  P Morgan, Hull, C Lima, Phillips, Kennedy, Azzinaro, Corvese, McLaughlin, J Lombardi, Biah

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- LICENSING (Exempts anyone age sixty-five (65) or older from the fishing license fee. An application must be completed.)

 

House Bill No. 7891

BY  Noret, Place

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

 

Oppose

 

House Bill No. 6614

(Attorney General/General Treasurer/Governor/Secretary of State/Lieutenant Governor)

BY  Caldwell, Knight, Blazejewski, Kazarian, Craven, McNamara, Felix, Ajello, McEntee, Williams

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- LARGE CAPACITY FEEDING DEVICE BAN OF 2022 (Same as 21H-5554 --Makes it a felony for an individual to possess any semi-automatic firearm magazine which is capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition. Violation is punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment or a fine of up to $5,000.)

 

House Bill No. 6615

(Attorney General/General Treasurer/Governor/Secretary of State/Lieutenant Governor)

BY  Caldwell, Knight, Blazejewski, Kazarian, Craven, McNamara, Batista, Williams, Amore, Giraldo

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ASSAULT WEAPONS (Same as 21H-5556 --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.)

 

House Bill No. 6616

BY  Caldwell, McEntee, Batista, Knight, Cortvriend, Cassar, Amore, Craven, Fogarty, Ajello

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Same as 21H-6482 --Prohibits the sale or transfer of ammunition unless the purchaser successfully undergoes a background check.)

 

House Bill No. 7162

BY  Diaz, Slater

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Allows schools to impose an out-of-school suspension for students in grade 6 or above, if they are found to be a threat to the physical safety of school occupants.)

 

House Bill No. 7300

BY  Caldwell, Kazarian, Craven, Knight, Slater, Kislak, Potter, Fogarty, Amore, Biah

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (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.)

 

House Bill No. 7358

BY  Felix, Caldwell, Alzate, Morales, Potter, McNamara, Kazarian, Casimiro, Cassar, Shanley

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS (Defines rifle and shotgun as weapons and make it unlawful to possess a loaded rifle or shotgun in public subject to various exceptions inclusive of hunting activity punishable upon conviction by imprisonment up to 5 years or a fine up to $5,000.)

 

House Bill No. 7410

BY  Craven, Casimiro, McEntee

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- EVIDENCE (Prohibits use of illegally seized evidence in administrative hearing involving fish/wildlife violations, limits penalties for violations to $500, establishes forfeiture provisions, requires hearing officers to decide constitutional issues.)

 

House Bill No. 7457

BY  Tanzi, Ranglin-Vassell, Cassar, Felix, McGaw, Donovan, Alzate, Giraldo, Kazarian, Kislak

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Increases the age from eighteen (18) to twenty-one (21) years for lawful sale of firearms or ammunition. Exempts full-time law enforcement, state marshals and members of the U.S. military from these prohibitions.)

 

House Bill No. 7482

(General Treasurer)

BY  Morales, Henries, Potter, Batista, McGaw, Giraldo, Speakman, Ranglin-Vassell, J Lombardi, Knight

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE - IDENTIFICATION OF STATE PENSION FUNDS WITH MILITARY CONTRACTORS (Requires the state investment commission to identify pension fund investments in military weapon manufacturers whether held directly and indirectly.)

 

House Bill No. 7540

BY  Ruggiero, Marszalkowski, Cortvriend, Vella-Wilkinson, Kazarian, Caldwell, Craven, Batista, Handy

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE -- AQUACULTURE-EMERGENCY CLOSURE (Allows the director of the department of environmental management to issue an emergency order requiring the temporary or permanent suspension of aquaculture activities in an affected area.)

 

House Bill No. 7764

(Attorney General)

BY  Knight, McEntee, Caldwell, Cortvriend, Speakman, Donovan, Ranglin-Vassell, Kislak, McGaw, Alzate

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Disqualifies individuals with prior convictions for possession of a firearm without a license from purchasing or possessing a firearm.)

 

House Bill No. 7785

(Dept. of Environmental Management)

BY  Potter

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL DISEASES IN GENERAL (Authorizes the director of the department of environmental management to establish quarantine zones for animals and would permit the examination of any quarantined animal therein.)

 

House Bill No. 7889

BY  Potter

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.)

 

Neutral

 

House Bill No. 7130

BY  Bennett, Chippendale, Shanley, Perez, Noret, Morales

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, the initial responding entity must immediately make a report to DEM.)

 

House Bill No. 7406

BY  Noret, Hull, Baginski, Hawkins, Vella-Wilkinson

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. 7407

BY  Noret, Hull, Baginski, Hawkins, Vella-Wilkinson

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. 7408

BY  Noret, Hull, Baginski, Hawkins, Vella-Wilkinson

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.)

 

House Bill No. 7439

BY  Slater, Diaz, Bennett, O'Brien, Serpa, Williams, Biah, Amore, Henries, Caldwell

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO FISH AND WILDLIFE - FIELD TRIALS AND SHOOTING PRESERVES -- CAPTIVE HUNTING PROHIBITED (Prohibits captive hunting for domestic or wild animals and does not prohibit the release of upland game birds for hunting on licensed shooting preserves.)

 

House Bill No. 7705

(Dept. of Corrections)

BY  Noret, Hull, Craven, Serpa, Vella-Wilkinson, Solomon, Cardillo, Shanley

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Requires correctional officers to qualify annually with the pistol or revolver rather than the previous requirement of biennial qualification.)

 

House Bill No. 7890

(Dept. of Corrections)

BY  Hull

ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Adds the chief inspector and inspectors within the office of inspections to the definition of "peace officer.")