---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- LARGE CAPACITY FEEDING DEVICE BAN OF 2022 (Same as 21H-5554 --Makes it a felony for an individual to possess any semi-automatic firearm magazine which is capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition. Violation is punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment or a fine of up to $5,000.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- LARGE CAPACITY FEEDING DEVICE BAN OF 2022 (Same as 21H-5554 --Makes it a felony for an individual to possess any semi-automatic firearm magazine which is capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition. Violation is punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment or a fine of up to $5,000.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 6614"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6614 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Blazejewski", "Caldwell", "Craven", "Felix", "Kazarian", "Knight", "McEntee", "McNamara", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-06"
last_action: "2022-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f883219d-4822-465c-abe6-6c82c0c4d8a7"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4b9af8f9e86c21f947904d94d9880abf050280b8f84eda0b5c6658f77973d4b0"
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 6614 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- LARGE CAPACITY FEEDING DEVICE BAN OF 2022 (Same as 21H-5554 --Makes it a felony for an individual to possess any semi-automatic firearm magazine which is capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition. Violation is punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment or a fine of up to $5,000.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6614 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H6614A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **25–44** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **24–45** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **26–42** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **21–45** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **21–46** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE — **43–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06** 01/06/2022 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2022)
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `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 Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 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/f883219d-4822-465c-abe6-6c82c0c4d8a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).