republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2020/sb-2154.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS--THE JULIE LYNN CARDINAL ACT (Provides that applications to purchase firearms be sent by the seller to the police department the city or town where the purchaser lives.)	AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS--THE JULIE LYNN CARDINAL ACT (Provides that applications to purchase firearms be sent by the seller to the police department the city or town where the purchaser lives.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2020	SB 2154	Rhode Island SB 2154 (2020)	bill	Cities & Towns Criminal Offense Firearms Police & Fire	enacted	Algiere Goodwin Lombardo McCaffrey Ruggerio	1	19	4	2020-01-29	2020-07-22	openstates	ocd-bill/3ecc064a-ee81-4ab5-8344-053317b39c81	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	ade9cb11b2fd8c2fa37ccbd101760a3622876bf99852fbe5b1f718aef73bcc43	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 2154 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS--THE JULIE LYNN CARDINAL ACT (Provides that applications to purchase firearms be sent by the seller to the police department the city or town where the purchaser lives.)

Version chain

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

1. 2154 SUB A as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage as Amended — 34–3 (pass) · upper
• Passage as Amended — 32–5 (pass) · upper
• LC 003801/4 — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Approval of Amendment — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Algiere — primary (person)
• Goodwin — primary (person)
• Lombardo — primary (person)
• McCaffrey — primary (person)
• Ruggerio — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-29 01/29/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-02-21 02/21/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2020)
• 2020-02-24 02/24/2020 Proposed Substitute
• 2020-02-25 02/25/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-26 02/26/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/10/2020)
• 2020-03-10 03/10/2020 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) passage
• 2020-03-11 03/11/2020 Referred to House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-06-08 06/08/2020 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2020)
• 2020-06-10 06/10/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-15 06/15/2020 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2020)
• 2020-06-17 06/17/2020 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) passage
• 2020-06-17 06/17/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2020)
• 2020-06-18 06/18/2020 Senate held on desk
• 2020-07-10 07/10/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/13/2020)
• 2020-07-13 07/13/2020 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) passage
• 2020-07-14 07/14/2020 Placed on House Calendar (07/16/2020)
• 2020-07-16 07/16/2020 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence passage
• 2020-07-17 07/17/2020 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-07-22 07/22/2020 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3ecc064a-ee81-4ab5-8344-053317b39c81. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).