Gun Control Status 4/12/21

Gun Control Status 4/12/21

Type: 
Blog Post

For 2021 the coalition is supporting the following bills for 2021. Five House Bills were heard by the House Judiciary Committee 3/19 and the six Senate Bills were heard by the Senate Judiciary Committee 4/12. The bills heard at those sessions were all "held for further study." The remaining House Bill 6146 remains in House Judiciary awaiting hearing.

Limiting magazine capacity to 10 rounds
SB414 by Senator Goldin (and 20 co-sponsors)
HB5554 by Rep. Caldwell (and 40 co-sponsors)
Regulating military-style assault weapons
SB415 by Senator Miller (and 20 co-sponsors)
HB5556 by Rep. Caldwell (and 40 co-sponsors)
Keeping guns out of K-12 schools
SB73 by Sen. President Ruggerio (and 20 co-sponsors)
HB5555 by Rep. Kazarian (and 40 co-sponsors)
Requiring safe firearm storage
SB406 by Senator Seveney
HB5553 by Rep. Caldwell (and 42 co-sponsors)
Cracking down on straw buyers
SB416 by Senator Miller (and 9 co-sponsors)
HB5386 by Rep. Knight (and 9 co-sponsors)

This article is related to which committees: 
LWVRI - Advocacy - Issues
League to which this content belongs: 
Rhode Island