2020 -- S 2685

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS

     Introduced By: Senators Nesselbush, Valverde, Lawson, Quezada, and Crowley

     Date Introduced: February 27, 2020

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Chapter 11-47 of the General Laws entitled "Weapons" is hereby amended

by adding thereto the following section:

     11-47-41.1. Firearms dealers -- Monthly report to superintendent.

     (a) Every firearm dealer and every person, business or entity licensed pursuant to § 11-47-

39, shall, on or before July 10, 2020, and every month thereafter, on or before the tenth day of each

month, submit in writing or electronically a report to the superintendent of the state police,

providing information regarding all firearms sold, transferred or delivered in the previous month.

     (b) The superintendent of the state police shall establish by rules and regulations, the

content, format, and manner of transmission of the report which shall, for each firearm, at a

minimum, include the following information:

     (1) Name of the firearm manufacturer;

     (2) Identity of the importer for foreign manufactured firearms;

     (3) The model;

     (4) Type of action;

     (5) Caliber or gauge; and

     (6) Serial number.

     (c) The report shall include, all firearm transfers recorded in the dealer’s register pursuant

to § 11-47-40 and transfers recorded in the dealer’s records to include private party transfers.

     (d) No report shall contain the name, address or identifying information of the purchaser

or transferee.

     (e) A violation of this section shall be punishable pursuant to § 11-47-26.

     SECTION 2. Section 11-47-41 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-47 entitled "Weapons"

is hereby amended to read as follows:

     11-47-41. Government firearm registration prohibited.

     Except for the reports submitted pursuant to § 11-47-41.1, no No government agency of

this state or its political subdivisions shall keep or cause to be kept any list or register of privately

owned firearms or any list or register of the owners of those firearms; provided, that the provisions

of this section shall not apply to firearms which have been used in committing any crime of

violence, nor to any person who has been convicted of a crime of violence.

     SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS

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     This act would allow the state police to maintain a registry of firearms sold and require

every firearms dealer, person or other entity, to submit monthly reports to the superintendent of the

state police. The report would have to include the manufacturer, importer, model, serial number,

the type of firearm and its caliber or gauge.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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