---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Makes possession bump stocks, binary triggers or trigger cranks punishable by up to10 years in imprisonment and/or a $10,000 fine and penalizes modification of semi-automatic weapons to full automatic fire with a single pull or hold in the same way.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Makes possession bump stocks, binary triggers or trigger cranks punishable by up to10 years in imprisonment and/or a $10,000 fine and penalizes modification of semi-automatic weapons to full automatic fire with a single pull or hold in the same way.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7075"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7075 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offense", "Fees", "Firearms"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Craven", "Knight", "McEntee", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5beafe71-19a7-4c6d-a875-96f2236fe3c8"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "a1c881892314a53f4b6cedccf839d05f0061b067c5bd29f3c8234d12244d2c4f"
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 7075 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Makes possession bump stocks, binary triggers or trigger cranks punishable by up to10 years in imprisonment and/or a $10,000 fine and penalizes modification of semi-automatic weapons to full automatic fire with a single pull or hold in the same way.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **7075 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7075Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **65–3** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carson — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-10** 01/10/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** 03/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2018)
- **2018-03-06** 03/06/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/10/2018)
- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 Placed on House Calendar (04/12/2018)
- **2018-04-12** 04/12/2018 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2018)
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/31/2018)
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 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/5beafe71-19a7-4c6d-a875-96f2236fe3c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).