---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS"
description: "Crime gun ballistic evidence to be submitted to NIBIN."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5130"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5130 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Boylan", "Caldwell", "Craven", "Cruz", "Dawson", "Felix", "Knight", "McEntee", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12e34057-f39c-4ae2-99ad-6c59546951f2"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ea688d4fb0168f7e9a7638a176c7fe7b0d9fa5fc18932321989430554bd52603"
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 5130 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS

Crime gun ballistic evidence to be submitted to NIBIN.

## Version chain

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

1. **5130 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5130A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **47–23** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **20–50** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** 01/22/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2025)
- **2025-02-04** 02/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/13/2025)
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for reconsideration (06/03/2025)
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/12e34057-f39c-4ae2-99ad-6c59546951f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).