---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS--THE JULIE LYNN CARDINAL ACT (Provides that applications to purchase firearms be sent by the seller to the police department the city or town where the purchaser lives.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS--THE JULIE LYNN CARDINAL ACT (Provides that applications to purchase firearms be sent by the seller to the police department the city or town where the purchaser lives.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2154"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2154 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Criminal Offense", "Firearms", "Police & Fire"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Algiere", "Goodwin", "Lombardo", "McCaffrey", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ecc064a-ee81-4ab5-8344-053317b39c81"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "ade9cb11b2fd8c2fa37ccbd101760a3622876bf99852fbe5b1f718aef73bcc43"
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 SB 2154 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS--THE JULIE LYNN CARDINAL ACT (Provides that applications to purchase firearms be sent by the seller to the police department the city or town where the purchaser lives.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2154 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2154Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **34–3** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **32–5** (pass) · upper
- LC 003801/4 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Algiere — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** 01/29/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** 02/21/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2020)
- **2020-02-24** 02/24/2020 Proposed Substitute
- **2020-02-25** 02/25/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** 02/26/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/10/2020)
- **2020-03-10** 03/10/2020 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2020-03-11** 03/11/2020 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** 06/08/2020 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2020)
- **2020-06-10** 06/10/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-15** 06/15/2020 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2020)
- **2020-06-17** 06/17/2020 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2020-06-17** 06/17/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2020)
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Senate held on desk
- **2020-07-10** 07/10/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/13/2020)
- **2020-07-13** 07/13/2020 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2020-07-14** 07/14/2020 Placed on House Calendar (07/16/2020)
- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-07-17** 07/17/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-22** 07/22/2020 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/3ecc064a-ee81-4ab5-8344-053317b39c81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).