Proposed Legislation 2025
Senate Bill No. 59
BY Tikoian, Lawson, Britto, Gallo, LaMountain, Gu, Bissaillon, Felag, Dimitri, Burke
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO 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)
Senate Bill No. 65
BY de la Cruz, LaMountain, Ciccone, Burke, Rogers, Paolino, 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 a handgun with the licensing authority or attorney general.)
Senate Bill No. 131
BY Rogers, de la Cruz, Paolino, Morgan, Raptakis
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. 137
BY Rogers, de la Cruz, Paolino, Morgan, Raptakis
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. 138
BY Raptakis, Thompson, Dimitri, Appollonio, Paolino, Burke, de la Cruz, Tikoian, Sosnowski, Felag
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Increases sentences for carrying a stolen firearm when committing a crime of violence and for possessing a stolen firearm. Requires that a person convicted of these offenses serve a period of time in which they would not be eligible for parole/ probation.)
Senate Bill No. 142
BY Rogers, de la Cruz, Paolino, Morgan, Raptakis
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Permits Rhode Island residents, 21 years of age or older, to carry a concealed handgun, without a permit.)
Senate Bill No. 144
BY Rogers, de la Cruz, Paolino, Morgan, Raptakis
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Permits possession or use of device that muffles sound on any firearm longer than 17” in length and permits the use of such a device by any person while hunting provided that they have a valid hunting license.)
Senate Bill No. 146
BY Rogers, de la Cruz, Paolino, Morgan, Raptakis
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. 150
BY Rogers, de la Cruz, Paolino, Raptakis
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. 280
BY Rogers, Dimitri, Tikoian, LaMountain, de la Cruz, Appollonio, Morgan, Paolino
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Replaces state marshals with capitol police as to those law enforcement officers being exempt from certain firearm restrictions.)
Senate Bill No. 286
BY McKenney, DiPalma, Sosnowski, LaMountain, Bissaillon
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Prohibits purchases of more than one firearm in any thirty (30) day period.)
Senate Bill No. 359
(Governor)
BY DiPalma, Lawson, Gallo, Sosnowski, LaMountain, Felag, Murray, Vargas, McKenney, Lauria
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- RHODE ISLAND ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN ACT OF 2025 (Establishes the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025.)
Senate Bill No. 432
BY Paolino, Morgan, Rogers, Raptakis, Pearson, Lauria, Tikoian
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES--LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Exempts from the sales tax firearm safety equipment, storage devices, gun safes, gun cabinets, gun vaults, gun cases, strong boxes, cable locks, trigger locks and biometric locks.)
Senate Bill No. 530
BY McKenney, Gu, Murray, Sosnowski
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Precludes a person who pled nolo contendere or convicted of a misdemeanor offense and sentenced in accordance with the hate crime sentencing enhancement act for such misdemeanor, from purchasing, owning, carrying, transporting or having possession firearm)
Senate Bill No. 552
BY DiPalma, Tikoian, Dimitri, Appollonio, LaMountain
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATED TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- DISARMING A PEACE OFFICER (Makes it a felony for any person to remove or attempt to remove any firearm or other weapon or any communication device from any peace officer or investigator of the department of attorney general.)
Senate Bill No. 566
BY de la Cruz, Rogers, Ciccone, Burke, Dimitri, Thompson
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.)
House Bill No. 5069
BY Corvese, Azzinaro, Solomon, O'Brien, Slater, Noret, Read, Kennedy, Hull, Phillips
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Prohibits any city or town from requiring an applicant for license to carry concealed firearm to provide a reason for their request other than those outlined in § 11-47-1.)
House Bill No. 5075
(Governor)
BY Abney
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO MAKING REVISED APPROPRIATIONS IN SUPPORT OF FY 2025
House Bill No. 5076
(Governor)
BY Abney
ENTITLED, AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE STATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2026
House Bill No. 5130
BY Boylan, Knight, Tanzi, Craven, McEntee, Dawson, Cruz, Ajello, Caldwell, Felix
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO 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)
House Bill No. 5263
BY Fellela, Caldwell, Shallcross Smith, Messier, Kazarian
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Amends the heading of § 11-47-60.1 to include the words "Dillon's Law.")
House Bill No. 5436
(Governor/Secretary of State/General Treasurer/Attorney General/Lieutenant Governor)
BY Knight, Caldwell, Boylan, Speakman, McEntee, Ajello, Kazarian, Craven, Dawson, Felix
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- RHODE ISLAND ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN ACT OF 2025 (Establishes the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025.)
House Bill No. 5443
BY Boylan, Ajello, Knight, McEntee, Craven, Caldwell, Dawson, Batista, Cruz, Felix
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- SUICIDE PREVENTION--VOLUNTARY FIREARM RESTRICTIONS ACT (Creates process for individual to voluntarily be either temporarily or indefinitely added to a list restricting their rights to purchase or possess firearms.)
House Bill No. 5651
BY McEntee, Fogarty, Caldwell, Spears, Boylan, Carson, Tanzi, Dawson, Knight
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT -- JUVENILE RECORDS (Allows access to juvenile criminal records in order to conduct firearm background checks.)
House Bill No. 5652
BY Boylan, Tanzi, Knight, Dawson, Craven, Batista, Felix, Caldwell, Ajello, McEntee
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Precludes a person who pled nolo contendere or convicted of a misdemeanor offense and sentenced in accordance with the hate crime sentencing enhancement act for such misdemeanor, from purchasing, owning, carrying, transporting or having possession firearm)
House Bill No. 5653
BY Corvese
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Prohibits the licensing authority from imposing additional or stricter requirements than the department of attorney general as well as prohibiting said licensing authorities from imposing any fees, other than the fee required in § 11-47-12.)
House Bill No. 5654
BY Fogarty, McEntee, Spears, Boylan, Carson, Donovan, Tanzi, Dawson, Kislak, Knight
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Prohibits local licensing authorities from issuing a concealed carry permit to out of state residents based on permits issued by authorities from other states or subdivisions.)
House Bill No. 5889
(Attorney General)
BY Craven
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS (Allows a law enforcement agency to consider expunged records when issuing a license or permit to carry a pistol or revolver.)
House Bill No. 5890
(Attorney General)
BY Boylan, Knight, Caldwell, Dawson, Tanzi, Fogarty, Furtado, Kislak, Noret, Hull
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Specifies that it is unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen (18) to possess a firearm.)
House Bill No. 5891
(Attorney General)
BY Serpa, Ajello, Donovan, Knight
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Disqualifies individuals with prior felony convictions from purchasing or possessing a firearm.)
House Bill No. 5933
BY Lima, Casey, Brien, Place, Corvese, Serpa, Bennett, Edwards
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.)
House Bill No. 5934
BY Casey, Lima, Phillips, Solomon, Noret, Costantino, Chippendale, Place, Corvese, Roberts
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.)
House Bill No. 5935
BY Fascia, Place, Chippendale, Paplauskas, Quattrocchi, Santucci, Casey
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS -- CONCEALED CARRY REFORM (Expands firearm rights to recognize out of state carry permits, authorizes weapons carried during emergency evacuation and establishes an appeal process for permit denied.)
House Bill No. 5936
BY Noret, Place, Corvese, Chippendale, Dawson, Phillips, Bennett, Brien, Casey, Read
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. 6014
BY Fascia, Chippendale, Place, Paplauskas, Quattrocchi, Casey
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- SALES AND USE TAXES--LIABILITY AND COMPUTATION (Exempts from the sales tax firearm safety equipment, storage devices, gun safes, gun cabinets, gun vaults, gun cases, strong boxes, cable locks, trigger locks and biometric locks.)