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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- UNLAWFUL SALE OF PROHIBITED FIREARMS"
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description: "Establishes the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 359"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 359 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Felag", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "Lauria", "Lawson", "McKenney", "Murray", "Sosnowski", "Vargas"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-02-21"
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last_action: "2025-06-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2335228f-4723-48fb-93c5-37fb3b0a353f"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "d3955c8625b7df6f3add6b1103d08e4c8a710c91c97bb471b64c3a717f18f25a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island SB 359 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- UNLAWFUL SALE OF PROHIBITED FIREARMS
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Establishes the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **359 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0359A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Approval of Amendment — **8–28** (fail) · upper
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **44–28** (pass) · upper
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- Approval of Amendment — **9–28** (fail) · upper
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- SALE OF PROHIBITED FIREARMS — **25–12** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **25–11** (pass) · upper
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- Approval of Amendment — **13–24** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- DiPalma — primary (person)
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- Felag — primary (person)
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- Gallo — primary (person)
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- LaMountain — primary (person)
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- Lauria — primary (person)
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- Lawson — primary (person)
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- McKenney — primary (person)
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- Murray — primary (person)
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- Sosnowski — primary (person)
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- Vargas — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/14/2025)
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- **2025-05-14** 05/14/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
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- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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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).
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