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H8071 2026 -- H 8071 ======== LC005712 ======== STATE OF RHODE ISLAND IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026 ____________ A N A C T RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS Introduced By: Representatives Caldwell, Potter, Boylan, Knight, Carson, McEntee, McGaw, Voas, Casimiro, and Furtado Date Introduced: February 27, 2026 Referred To: House Judiciary It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 11-47 of the General Laws entitled Weapons is hereby amended 2 by adding thereto the following section: 3 11-47-65. Background check for ammunition purchase or transfer. 4 (a) Except for sales or transfers to active law enforcement officers, no person shall sell, 5 transfer or deliver any ammunition, shotgun shells, gun powder, primer, bullets or ammunition 6 loading components to any person unless the seller or transferor first submits to and receives from 7 the state police, a municipal law enforcement agency or the National Instant Criminal Background 8 Check System, a completed background check for the purchaser or transferee. 9 (b) No ammunition shall be sold or transferred to any person prohibited by law from 10 possession of a firearm or ammunition to include, but not be limited to, the provisions of §§ 11-47- 11 5, 11-47-6, 11-47-7, 11-47-23, 11-47-30 or 11-47-31. 12 (c) No person shall possess ammunition who is prohibited by law from possessing a 13 firearm. Any person violating the provisions of this subsection shall be punished by imprisonment 14 for up to one year or fined up to one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both. 15 (d) Upon receipt of a background check documenting no disqualifying information, the 16 seller or transferor may sell or transfer the ammunition or ammunition components to the purchaser 17 or transferee. 18 (e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to bona fide sales at wholesale to licensed 19 retail dealers. 1 (f) Any seller or transferee violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a 2 fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) per violation. 3 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. ======== LC005712 ======== LC005712 - Page 2 of 3 EXPLANATION BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF A N A C T RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS *** 1 This act would prohibit the sale or transfer of ammunition unless the purchaser successfully 2 undergoes a background check. 3 This act would take effect upon passage. ======== LC005712 ======== LC005712 - Page 3 of 3
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