Criminal Offenses
Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Provides for tiered and reduced penalties for the offenses of larceny, and shoplifting, classifies certain shoplifting offenses as petty misdemeanors and repeals habitual offender provisions. [SB-2432]
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THEFT, EMBEZZLEMENT, FALSE PRETENSES, AND MISAPPROPRIATION - Provides for tiered and reduced penalties for the offenses of larceny, and shoplifting, classifies certain shoplifting offenses as petty misdemeanors and repeals habitual offender provisions.
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Gettr Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Criminalizes and sets mandatory minimum sentences for the unlawful interference with traffic upon the federal and state highways of this state. [SB-2434]
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- DISORDERLY CONDUCT -- UNLAWFUL INTERFERENCE WITH TRAFFIC - Criminalizes and sets mandatory minimum sentences for the unlawful interference with traffic upon the federal and state highways of this state.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
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 as a felony. [SB-2419]
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN - 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 as a felony.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Prohibits the sale/offer of sale/trade/distribution of fur products. Makes 3 violations of this chapter civil infractions punishable by civil penalty and the 4th violation a misdemeanor punishable by fine up to $500 or imprisonment for 30 days or both. [SB-2302]
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- TRADE IN ANIMAL FUR PRODUCTS ACT - Prohibits the sale/offer of sale/trade/distribution of fur products. Makes 3 violations of this chapter civil infractions punishable by civil penalty and the 4th violation a misdemeanor punishable by fine up to $500 or imprisonment for 30 days or both.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Amends the statute punishing child pornography by replacing the term "child pornography" with the term "child sexual abuse material." [SB-2422]
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN - Amends the statute punishing child pornography by replacing the term "child pornography" with the term "child sexual abuse material."
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Establishes, as an affirmative defense to the crimes of circulating obscene publications or shows and selling or exhibiting obscene publications to minors, the person's employment status as an employee of a school, museum, or library. [HB-7575]
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- OBSCENE AND OBJECTIONABLE PUBLICATIONS AND SHOWS - Establishes, as an affirmative defense to the crimes of circulating obscene publications or shows and selling or exhibiting obscene publications to minors, the person's employment status as an employee of a school, museum, or library.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Amends the statute punishing child pornography by replacing the term "child pornography" with the term "child sexual abuse material." [HB-7573]
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN - Amends the statute punishing child pornography by replacing the term "child pornography" with the term "child sexual abuse material."
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Allows law enforcement to utilize mufflers, silencers, or other devices for deadening or muffling the sound of a firearm while acting within the scope of their official duties under the supervision of the police chief or colonel of the state police. [HB-7570]
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Allows law enforcement to utilize mufflers, silencers, or other devices for deadening or muffling the sound of a firearm while acting within the scope of their official duties under the supervision of the police chief or colonel of the state police.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Allows social gaming in private residences and in public taverns or private clubs as long as the gambling is incidental to a bona fide social relationship between the participants and no person other than the participants receive anything of value. [HB-7572]
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GAMBLING AND LOTTERIES - Allows social gaming in private residences and in public taverns or private clubs as long as the gambling is incidental to a bona fide social relationship between the participants and no person other than the participants receive anything of value.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
This act would further delineate the definitions of felony, misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor. [HB-7527]
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - This act would further delineate the definitions of felony, misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor.
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Rhode Island 2024 Regular Session
Considers election officials and poll workers "public officials" for purposes of the prohibition on making threats to public officials. [HB-7447]
CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THREATS AND EXTORTION - Considers election officials and poll workers "public officials" for purposes of the prohibition on making threats to public officials.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13, relative to victims of certain criminal offenses. [SB-2878]
As introduced, adds first degree murder, second degree murder, and voluntary manslaughter to the offenses for which a defendant, who has been convicted of a violation that resulted in the death of a parent of a minor child, must pay restitution in the form of child maintenance to each of the victim's children until each child reaches 18 and has graduated from high school. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to stalking. [SB-2831]
As introduced, requires, as a condition of bail or other pretrial release, that a person charged with stalking, aggravated stalking, or especially aggravated stalking undergo a mental health evaluation prior to release. - Amends TCA Title 36; Title 39 and Title 40.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to criminal offenses. [SB-2874]
As introduced, decreases from 30 to 15, the number of days a law enforcement agency, after taking possession of a sexual assault evidence collection kit with the victim's name affixed to it, shall submit the kit to the Tennessee bureau of investigation or similar qualified laboratory for either serology or deoxyribonucleic acid testing. - Amends TCA Title 39.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 40; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 55, relative to remote vehicle disabling technology. [SB-2862]
As introduced, makes it an offense to manufacture, distribute, or possess, with the intent to distribute, remote vehicle disabling technology on passenger motor vehicles. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 55.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36 and Title 39, relative to parentage fraud. [SB-2880]
As introduced, deletes the Class B misdemeanor of parentage fraud. - Amends TCA Title 36 and Title 39.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, relative to firearms offenses involving minors. [SB-2871]
As introduced, increases the penalty for illegally transferring a firearm to a minor from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony and requires that an adult who is convicted be punished as criminally responsible for any resulting crime; creates the Class D felony of inducing or coercing a minor to commit theft of a firearm or robbery or burglary involving theft of a firearm. - Amends TCA Title 39.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-101 and Title 70, relative to creatures that are poisonous or venomous. [SB-2808]
As enacted, replaces references to "poisonous snakes" with "venomous snakes"; defines "venomous." - Amends TCA Section 39-17-101 and Title 70.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to criminal offenses. [SB-2804]
As introduced, reduces the minimum number of criminal investigators from the criminal investigation division of the Tennessee bureau of investigation that must be normally detailed to serve in each grand division of the state from two to one. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to transportation of illegal aliens. [SB-2802]
As introduced, prohibits any person from transporting an illegal alien into this state; increases from $1,000 to $5,000 the fine for transporting illegal aliens. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.