| Chapter 320 |
| 2024 -- H 7570 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 06/25/2024 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS |
Introduced By: Representatives Noret, Hull, Casey, Corvese, Cardillo, Phillips, Chippendale, Lima, and Spears |
| Date Introduced: February 09, 2024 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 11-47-20 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-47 entitled "Weapons" |
| is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 11-47-20. Sale or possession of silencers. |
| It shall be unlawful within this state to manufacture, sell, purchase, or possess any muffler, |
| silencer, or device for deadening or muffling the sound of a firearm when discharged; provided, |
| however, that law enforcement officers utilizing said devices while acting within the scope of their |
| official duties, as tactical teams and under the direct supervision of the police chief or the colonel |
| of the state police or their designee, shall not be in violation of this section. Violations of this section |
| shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year and one day. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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