---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Increases the age from eighteen (18) to twenty-one (21) years for lawful sale of firearms or ammunition. Exempts full-time law enforcement, state marshals and members of the U.S. military from these prohibitions.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Increases the age from eighteen (18) to twenty-one (21) years for lawful sale of firearms or ammunition. Exempts full-time law enforcement, state marshals and members of the U.S. military from these prohibitions.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2637"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2637 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "Coyne", "DiMario", "Goodwin", "Kallman", "Lawson", "Miller", "Murray", "Quezada", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-03-10"
last_action: "2022-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd9bbc27-1ea4-4465-9e96-3c873091f205"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "419cbfcf6fbc5b97b609a1fb94d51e594451aae9c4a34880b6780e64eb31ffbf"
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 2637 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS (Increases the age from eighteen (18) to twenty-one (21) years for lawful sale of firearms or ammunition. Exempts full-time law enforcement, state marshals and members of the U.S. military from these prohibitions.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2637 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2637A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–5** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **11–23** (fail) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **47–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cano — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-10** 03/10/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/31/2022)
- **2022-03-31** 03/31/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2022)
- **2022-06-13** 06/13/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 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/cd9bbc27-1ea4-4465-9e96-3c873091f205`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).