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S2314 2026 -- S 2314 ======== LC003454 ======== STATE OF RHODE ISLAND IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026 ____________ A N A C T RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- LARGE CAPACITY FEEDING DEVICE BAN OF 2022 Introduced By: Senators Raptakis, Famiglietti, Appollonio, Tikoian, Burke, Felag, Thompson, Patalano, Ciccone, and Dimitri Date Introduced: January 23, 2026 Referred To: Senate Judiciary It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: 1 SECTION 1. Section 11-47.1-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-47.1 entitled Large 2 Capacity Feeding Device Ban of 2022 is hereby amended to read as follows: 3 11-47.1-3. Large capacity feeding devices prohibited. 4 (a) No person, except for a federally licensed firearm dealer, shall manufacture, sell, offer 5 to sell, transfer, purchase, possess, or have under his or her control a large capacity feeding device, 6 except as otherwise authorized under this chapter. Any person convicted of violating the provisions 7 of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by imprisonment of not more than 8 five (5) two (2) years, or by a fine of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) one thousand dollars 9 ($1,000) , and the large capacity feeding device shall be subject to forfeiture. For subsequent 10 offenses, any person convicted of violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a felony 11 and punished by imprisonment of not more than five (5) years or by a fine of up to five thousand 12 dollars ($5,000) and the large capacity feeding devices shall be subject to forfeiture. 13 (b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to: 14 (1) Any person who, on June 20, 2022, lawfully possesses a large capacity feeding device; 15 provided that, within one hundred eighty (180) days of June 20, 2022, the person: 16 (i) Permanently modifies the large capacity feeding device such that it cannot hold more 17 than ten (10) rounds of ammunition; 1 (ii) Surrenders the large capacity feeding device to the police department in the city or town 2 where the person resides in accordance with the procedures for surrender of weapons set forth by 3 the police department or the Rhode Island state police, or, if there is no such police department or 4 the person resides out of state, to the Rhode Island state police; or 5 (iii) Transfers or sells the large capacity feeding device to a federally licensed firearm 6 dealer or person or firm outside the State of Rhode Island that is lawfully entitled to own or possess 7 such a feeding device. 8 (2)(i) Any law enforcement officer exempt under §§ 11-47-9 and 11-47-9.1; or 9 (ii) A retired law enforcement officer exempt under §§ 11-47-9 and 11-47-9.1 who is not 10 otherwise prohibited from receiving such a feeding device from such agency upon retirement, and 11 who has a permit to carry pursuant to § 11-47-18(b). 12 (3) An active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard 13 who is authorized to possess and carry such a feeding device. 14 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. ======== LC003454 ======== LC003454 - Page 2 of 3 EXPLANATION BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF A N A C T RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- LARGE CAPACITY FEEDING DEVICE BAN OF 2022 *** 1 This act would make a first offense of possessing a large capacity feeding device a 2 misdemeanor and subsequent offenses felonies. 3 This act would take effect upon passage. ======== LC003454 ======== LC003454 - Page 3 of 3
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