---
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).