Proposed Rhode Island Firearm Legislation S0059
Legislation Overview
Title: Defines "crime gun" and requires law enforcement to submit crime gun or 2 fired cartridge cases or shell casings seized to state crime laboratory or the BATF for testing and tracing, also would require 2 test-fired cartridge cases to be entered into NIBIN
Subject: Criminal Offenses: CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS
Description: CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Defines "crime gun" and requires law enforcement to submit crime gun or 2 fired cartridge cases or shell casings seized to state crime laboratory or the BATF for testing and tracing, also would require 2 test-fired cartridge cases to be entered into NIBIN
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Last Action: Committee recommends passage of Sub A
Last Action Date: June 20, 2025
Sponsors
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10 sponsors: David Tikoian (D); Valarie Lawson (D); Robert Britto (D); Hanna Gallo (D); Matthew LaMountain (D); Victoria Gu (D); Jacob Bissaillon (D); Walter Felag (D); Andrew Dimitri (D); John Burke (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 26% (10 of 38)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jun 20, 2025 | Committee recommends passage of Sub A |
| Senate | Jun 19, 2025 | Proposed Substitute |
| Senate | Jun 18, 2025 | Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2025) |
| Senate | Feb 11, 2025 | Committee recommended measure be held for further study |
| Senate | Feb 7, 2025 | Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/11/2025) |
| Senate | Jan 23, 2025 | Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Comm Sub | Jun 20, 2025 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 23, 2025 | 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
