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legislation/us/states/ri/2021/hb-5386.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS (Prohibits obtaining/purchasing/transferring a firearm on behalf of another person if other person prohibited from possessing firearm with increase in penalties for those offenses and applications amended to state number of firearms purchased.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS (Prohibits obtaining/purchasing/transferring a firearm on behalf of another person if other person prohibited from possessing firearm with increase in penalties for those offenses and applications amended to state number of firearms purchased.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 5386"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5386 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Attorney General", "Criminal Offense", "Fees", "Firearms", "Health & Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Blazejewski", "Caldwell", "Carson", "Craven", "Kazarian", "Knight", "McEntee", "Speakman", "Williams"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-02-05"
+last_action: "2021-07-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b52a1b1-62c9-4c11-95ef-7b55552480fc"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "39ef8214c183c186f9be81f8f21a31ee3547fcff434560d0f2163e0a604e6b23"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island HB 5386 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS (Prohibits obtaining/purchasing/transferring a firearm on behalf of another person if other person prohibited from possessing firearm with increase in penalties for those offenses and applications amended to state number of firearms purchased.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5386 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5386aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **46–27** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Amore — primary (person)
+- Blazejewski — primary (person)
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-15** 03/15/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/19/2021)
+- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/30/2021)
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-12** 07/12/2021 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b52a1b1-62c9-4c11-95ef-7b55552480fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+