---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL - GUN CRIMES REPORT (Directs the attorney general to report annually to the general assembly on the incidence and disposition of crimes involving guns.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL - GUN CRIMES REPORT (Directs the attorney general to report annually to the general assembly on the incidence and disposition of crimes involving guns.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7162"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7162 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Firearms", "General Assembly", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Craven", "Filippi", "Keable", "Lima"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc6c3d06-5803-44df-a6ae-56b21e3276df"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "90737983e283ec7bcecb65d8e2e1a156824b802491e864569c340d6db12afc54"
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 7162 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL - GUN CRIMES REPORT (Directs the attorney general to report annually to the general assembly on the incidence and disposition of crimes involving guns.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7162 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7162aa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casey — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Filippi — primary (person)
- Keable — primary (person)
- Lima — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-12** 01/12/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** 04/18/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2018)
- **2018-04-24** 04/24/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-10** 07/10/2018 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc6c3d06-5803-44df-a6ae-56b21e3276df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).