Signed by Governor Dan McKee

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits the possession of semi-automatic firearm magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition.

Highlights:

• Establishes the Rhode Island Large Capacity Feeding Device Ban Act of 2022 (Sec. 1, Pg. 1).

• Defines large capacity feeding device to mean a magazine, box, drum, tube, belt, feed strip, or other ammunition feeding device that is capable of holding, or can be readily extended to hold, more than 10 rounds of ammunition to be fed continuously and directly into a semi-automatic firearm, not including attached tubular devices capable of holding only .22 caliber rimfire ammunition (Sec. 1, Pg. 1).

• Prohibits anyone from manufacturing, selling, offering to selling, possessing, transferring, purchasing, or have under their control a large capacity feeding device, with the following specifications (Sec. 1, Pg. 2):

• That this provision does not apply to federally licensed firearms dealers, any law enforcement officer or retired law enforcement officer exempt under state law, any acted duty member of the armed forces or National Guard, or any person who lawfully possesses a large capacity feeding device on the effective date of this provision if within 180 days of the effective date said person permanently modifies the device so that it cannot hold more than 10 rounds, the person gives the device to the applicable police department, or the person transfers or sells the device to a person, firm, or federally licensed dealer outside the state of Rhode Island; and

• That any person violating this provision will have the device seized and will be subject to no more than 5 years imprisonment or up to $5,000 in fines.

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits the possession of semi-automatic firearm magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition.

Highlights:

• Establishes the Rhode Island Large Capacity Feeding Device Ban Act of 2022 (Sec. 1, Pg. 1).

• Defines large capacity feeding device to mean a magazine, box, drum, tube, belt, feed strip, or other ammunition feeding device that is capable of holding, or can be readily extended to hold, more than 10 rounds of ammunition to be fed continuously and directly into a semi-automatic firearm, not including attached tubular devices capable of holding only .22 caliber rimfire ammunition (Sec. 1, Pg. 1).

• Prohibits anyone from manufacturing, selling, offering to selling, possessing, transferring, purchasing, or have under their control a large capacity feeding device, with the following specifications (Sec. 1, Pg. 2):

• That this provision does not apply to federally licensed firearms dealers, any law enforcement officer or retired law enforcement officer exempt under state law, any acted duty member of the armed forces or National Guard, or any person who lawfully possesses a large capacity feeding device on the effective date of this provision if within 180 days of the effective date said person permanently modifies the device so that it cannot hold more than 10 rounds, the person gives the device to the applicable police department, or the person transfers or sells the device to a person, firm, or federally licensed dealer outside the state of Rhode Island; and

• That any person violating this provision will have the device seized and will be subject to no more than 5 years imprisonment or up to $5,000 in fines.

Full Bill Text

Full Bill Text