2023 Proposed legislation.
Below is a list of the bills submitted and where we stand. If you have any questions or concerns regarding our suggested stance, please feel free to contact us.
RED=BAD
GREEN=GOOD
BLUE=NEUTRAL
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
BY Burke, LaMountain, Tikoian
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
BY Zurier, Acosta, McKenney, Miller, Euer, Lauria, Mack
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Authorizes municipalities to enact ordinances regulating firearms.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
BY Lombardi, Felag, Britto, Burke, LaMountain, Ciccone
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Exempts full-time members of the state police, capitol police, law enforcement officers within the department of public safety, city or town police departments, correctional officers, or persons licensed under § 11-47-11.)
BY LaMountain, Burke, McKenney, Acosta, Mack, Euer
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT – CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Makes those individuals who are convicted of carrying a firearm illegally eligible for community confinement in the discretion of the court.)
BY DeLuca, Ciccone, de la Cruz, Morgan, Rogers, 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.)
BY Tikoian, Burke, Raptakis, Murray, Lauria, McKenney
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.)
BY McKenney, Lauria, Kallman
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.)
BY Ciccone, DiPalma, Lombardo, de la Cruz, Rogers, Burke, Tikoian, Raptakis
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Prohibits any city or town of licensing authority from charging more than forty dollars ($40.00) for any license or permit to carry a concealed weapon.)
BY McKenney, Lauria, Kallman, DiMario, Euer
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Prohibits 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.)
BY McKenney, Kallman, Lauria, Tikoian, LaMountain, DiMario, Euer
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.")
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
BY Batista, Craven, Knight, Potter, Cruz, Alzate, Felix
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- DISORDERLY CONDUCT (Requires conduct that creates an actual public disturbance that includes a gathering of people drawn to and watching the conduct, stopping, impeding or causing traffic, or creating similar public disturbances in order to constitute disorderly conduct.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
BY Knight
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Prohibits sale of firearms by dealers within (500') feet of schools or daycare centers.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
BY Fogarty, Tanzi, Donovan, Shallcross Smith, Boylan, Handy, Hull, Caldwell, Henries, Cortvriend
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- PUBLIC UTILITIES (Expands the crime of false reporting to include shootings or other dangerous events.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
