Criminal Offenses
Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Sexual Offender Registration And Notification [HB-5503]
Implements the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) (Title I of Public Law 109-248).
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Weapons [HB-5437]
Defines imitation firearm and makes it unlawful to change or remove certain markings required to be on an imitation firearm.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Fetal Protection Act [HB-5447]
Establishes the Fetal Protection Act, establishing certain actions to unborn children as crimes.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Assaults [SB-230]
Makes assault and battery upon delivery persons a felony and mandates a maximum sentence of imprisonment of 3 years. Persons convicted of such an assault and battery while using a dangerous weapon, the minimum sentence is imprisonment for 5 years.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Weapons [SB-223]
Criminalizes the manufacture, import, possession, purchase, sale or transfer of any ammunition feeding device capable of accepting more than ten (10) rounds known as high capacity magazines.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Weapons [HB-5345]
Provides that only peace officers and persons approved by the school authorities for the purposes of educational instruction may carry firearms or other weapons on school grounds.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Electronic Imaging Devices [HB-5304]
Prohibits the dissemination of any indecent image of another person without authorization for the purpose of harassing, intimidating, threatening another person.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Weapons [SB-187]
Limits carrying of firearms on school grounds to peace officers.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Weapons [HB-5262]
Makes it unlawful to carry a rifle or shotgun in a vehicle, except under limited circumstances and enhances the penalty to anyone who transfers a firearm as a minor which is then used in a crime of violence.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Public Utilities [HB-5264]
Increases penalties for damages to electric and communication lines from three thousand dollars ($3,000) to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000); imprisonment from two (2) years to ten (10) years, or both and requires restitution for economic harm.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Weapons [HB-5263]
Amends the statute for possession of firearms by minors.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Highways - Loitering [HB-5258]
Makes loitering in a public highway or on certain median strips a misdemeanor subject to a fine not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Sexual Offender Registration And Community Notification [HB-5207]
Provides that sex offenders register their presence with any homeless shelter at which they may temporarily stay and provides that said shelters notify the local law enforcement agency of the presence.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Homicide [HB-5208]
Provides for the death penalty in situations where first responders are murdered by way of ambush.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Weapons - Stun-guns [HB-5156]
Permits the possession of a stun-gun under the same license conditions which apply to possession of a pistol.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Law Practice [SB-52]
Requires duly admitted members of the bar of this state to acquire and maintain malpractice insurance in the minimum amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000).
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Weapons [HB-5155]
Criminalizes the manufacture, import, possession, purchase, sale or transfer of any ammunition feeding device capable of accepting more than ten (10) rounds.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Sexual Offender Registration And Community Notification [SB-55]
Provides that sex offenders register their presence with any homeless shelter at which they may temporarily stay and provides that said shelters notify the local law enforcement agency of the presence.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
Children [HB-5126]
Criminalizes the knowing and intentional failure of a physician, nurse, or other licensed medical person to provide reasonable medical care and treatment to an infant born alive a felony and manslaughter if the infant dies.
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Rhode Island 2017 Regular Session
General Provisions [HB-5115]
Clarifies what constitutes a felony, misdemeanor, and petty misdemeanor and also amends the penalties for certain criminal offenses involving assault and larceny, based on the value of property stolen.