---
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: "HB 7457"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7457 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Cassar", "Donovan", "Felix", "Giraldo", "Kazarian", "Kislak", "McGaw", "Ranglin-Vassell", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-11"
last_action: "2022-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efcb69ac-c101-42fb-9639-5547826a0331"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "184ab2f18c80083cf084b17d708c9144dccfaf7a1519c2619b48779ba0027eae"
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 7457 (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. **7457 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7457aa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **17–50** (fail) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **53–15** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **63–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Cassar — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Ranglin-Vassell — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-11** 02/11/2022 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/30/2022)
- **2022-03-30** 03/30/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2022)
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 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/efcb69ac-c101-42fb-9639-5547826a0331`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).