---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- UNLAWFUL SALE OF PROHIBITED FIREARMS"
description: "Establishes the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 359"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 359 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Felag", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "Lauria", "Lawson", "McKenney", "Murray", "Sosnowski", "Vargas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2335228f-4723-48fb-93c5-37fb3b0a353f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d3955c8625b7df6f3add6b1103d08e4c8a710c91c97bb471b64c3a717f18f25a"
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 359 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- UNLAWFUL SALE OF PROHIBITED FIREARMS

Establishes the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025.

## Version chain

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

1. **359 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0359A.pdf)

## Votes

- Approval of Amendment — **8–28** (fail) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **44–28** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **9–28** (fail) · upper
- SALE OF PROHIBITED FIREARMS — **25–12** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **25–11** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **13–24** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)
- Vargas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/14/2025)
- **2025-05-14** 05/14/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/2335228f-4723-48fb-93c5-37fb3b0a353f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).