---
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: "SB 416"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 416 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Criminal Offense", "Fees", "Firearms"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Bell", "Cano", "Coyne", "DiPalma", "Goldin", "Goodwin", "Mendes", "Miller", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60a68528-34cd-494c-8852-23361d1da13f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "35ca6432dc3ed9909b2ba1488d8d291114c924d6ab063208bc5a0792b8bdecd4"
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 416 (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. **416 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0416aa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **26–12** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **31–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Bell — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Goldin — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Mendes — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** 04/08/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/12/2021)
- **2021-04-12** 04/12/2021 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 Senate Calendar (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House 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/60a68528-34cd-494c-8852-23361d1da13f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).