Criminal Offenses
Rhode Island 2025 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-306]
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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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Elaine J. Morgan
Introduced, Referred To Senate Judiciary on 02/13/2025
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Replaces state marshals with capitol police as to those law enforcement officers being exempt from certain firearm restrictions. [SB-280]
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CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Replaces state marshals with capitol police as to those law enforcement officers being exempt from certain firearm restrictions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Elaine J. Morgan
Effective Without Governor's Signature on 06/26/2025
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Makes it unnecessary to prove that a person’s transmission of electronic communications be for the sole purpose of harassment before being found guilty of cyberstalking or cyberharassment. [SB-294]
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CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- COMPUTER CRIME - Makes it unnecessary to prove that a person’s transmission of electronic communications be for the sole purpose of harassment before being found guilty of cyberstalking or cyberharassment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Leonidas P. Raptakis
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 03/18/2025
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Prohibits members of law enforcement from engaging in sexual penetration with individuals in their custody. The act also provides that a person convicted of custodial law enforcement sexual penetration would face imprisonment for not more than 3 years. [SB-299]
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CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CUSTODIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SEXUAL PENETRATION - Prohibits members of law enforcement from engaging in sexual penetration with individuals in their custody. The act also provides that a person convicted of custodial law enforcement sexual penetration would face imprisonment for not more than 3 years.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ana B. Quezada
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 02/25/2025
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Establishes the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025. [HB-5436]
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CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- RHODE ISLAND ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN ACT OF 2025 - Establishes the Rhode Island Assault Weapons Ban Act of 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carol Hagan McEntee
Committee Recommended Substitute A Be Held For Further Study on 06/18/2025
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Prohibits individuals from conveying items to or from the training school for youth without prior consent by the executive director of the division of youth development at the department of children, youth and families. [HB-5437]
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CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- JAILS AND PRISONS - Prohibits individuals from conveying items to or from the training school for youth without prior consent by the executive director of the division of youth development at the department of children, youth and families.
Sponsored by: Rep. Arthur J. Corvese
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 04/01/2025
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Expands meaning of bomb threats and false reports to include any warning or threat of the existence of an explosive device and allows judge to impose conditions of bail to include extreme risk protection orders, no trespass orders and counseling. [HB-5442]
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CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- PUBLIC UTILITIES - Expands meaning of bomb threats and false reports to include any warning or threat of the existence of an explosive device and allows judge to impose conditions of bail to include extreme risk protection orders, no trespass orders and counseling.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lauren H. Carson
Referred To Senate Judiciary on 03/21/2025
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Amends the statute punishing child pornography by replacing the term "child pornography" with the term "child sexual abuse material." [SB-207]
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CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN - Amends the statute punishing child pornography by replacing the term "child pornography" with the term "child sexual abuse material."
Sponsored by: Sen. John P. Burke
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 03/18/2025
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Under certain circumstances, provides immunity from arrest and prosecution for prostitution, procurement of sexual conduct for a fee, loitering for prostitution and soliciting from motor vehicles for indecent purposes. [HB-5358]
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CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- COMMERCIAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY - Under certain circumstances, provides immunity from arrest and prosecution for prostitution, procurement of sexual conduct for a fee, loitering for prostitution and soliciting from motor vehicles for indecent purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert E. Craven
Signed By Governor on 07/02/2025
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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session
Adds definitions to prohibition of hazing, make coaches and others responsible for knowingly failing to take reasonable measures to prevent hazing and would punish serious bodily injury by up to ten (10) years in imprisonment. [SB-203]
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CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- HAZING - Adds definitions to prohibition of hazing, make coaches and others responsible for knowingly failing to take reasonable measures to prevent hazing and would punish serious bodily injury by up to ten (10) years in imprisonment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Virginia Susan Sosnowski
Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 03/11/2025
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Tennessee 114th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29 and Title 39, relative to interference with property. [HB-1295]
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As introduced, enacts the "Shielding Tennesseans from Oligarchic Power and Eliminating Lawless Obstruction of Necessities Act (STOP ELON Act)," which creates a new offense of interfering with an individual's or entity's receipt of a loan, grant, or financial assistance that the individual or entity is lawfully entitled to receive from the federal, state, or local government, with intent to deprive the individual of the loan, grant, or financial assistance, which is punished as theft; authorizes a victim of an offense to bring a civil action to recover
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Powell
Action Def. In S/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee To First Calendar Of 2026 on 04/01/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 8 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3, relative to criminal offenses. [HB-1314]
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As enacted, creates the criminal offense of threatening to commit an act of mass violence; creates the criminal offense of posting on a publicly accessible website the telephone number or home address of an individual with the intent to cause harm or a threat of harm to the individual or a member of the individual's family or household. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 8 and Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kelly Keisling
Pub. Ch. 522 on 05/27/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 16, relative to interference with government operations. [HB-1353]
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As enacted, creates an offense for a person who harms or threatens to harm an individual involved in the judicial process or a family member of such person with the intent to impede, intimidate, interfere with, or retaliate against the justice system participant in connection with their participation in the judicial process, punishable as a Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 16.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Littleton
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 468 on 05/15/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to criminal offenses. [HB-1354]
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As introduced, requires all persons who disseminate smoking paraphernalia to display the sign providing notice of the legal age for purchasing such products required by the Prevention of Youth Access to Tobacco, Smoking Hemp, and Vapor Products Act; removes authorization for a person to substitute a tobacco-related warning sign required by law prior to April 22, 1994. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Littleton
P2c, Caption Bill, Held On Desk - Pending Amdt. on 02/12/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 28 and Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to the unauthorized use of deepfake or actual likeness. [HB-1299]
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As enacted, creates a civil and criminal action for individuals who are the subject of an intimate digital depiction that is intentionally disclosed without the individual's consent under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 28 and Title 39, Chapter 17.
Sponsored by: Rep. William G. Lamberth
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 466 on 05/15/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to unlawful exposure. [HB-1371]
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As enacted, clarifies that a person commits the offense of unlawful exposure by distributing a private, intimate image of another identifiable person with intent to cause emotional distress, regardless of whether the person who distributes the image was a party to the original agreement or understanding that the image would remain private. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.
Sponsored by: Rep. William G. Lamberth
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 432 on 05/15/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 11; Title 39, Chapter 12; Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 39, Chapter 14; Title 40, Chapter 24; Title 40, Chapter 35 and Title 40, Chapter 39, relative to criminal offenses. [HB-1372]
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As introduced, removes the killing of another committed in the perpetration of or attempt to perpetrate certain crimes from the elements of first degree murder; deletes the offense of criminal responsibility for conduct of another; deletes the offense of criminal responsibility for the facilitation of a felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 11; Title 39, Chapter 12; Title 39, Chapter 13; Title 39, Chapter 14; Title 40, Chapter 24; Title 40, Chapter 35 and Title 40, Chapter 39.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jesse Chism
Action Def. In S/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee To 4/1/2025 on 04/01/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 39, relative to criminal offenses. [SB-1303]
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As enacted, creates the offense of intentionally impeding or obstructing a member of the division of protective services from ingress to, egress from, or movement about a location where the member is responsible for a person protected by the division of protective services; creates the offense of intentionally refusing to vacate an area where access has been restricted by a member of the division of protective services for the purpose of maintaining the safety or security of the person being protected. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 39.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Pody
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 84 on 04/04/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 55, relative to driving under the influence of an intoxicant. [SB-1400]
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As enacted, revises present law concerning driving under the influence. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 55.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kerry Roberts
Pub. Ch. 403 on 05/13/2025
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to criminal offenses. [SB-1415]
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As enacted, creates the offense of knowingly engaging in conduct that places a child in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or mental impairment by exposing the child to fentanyl, carfentanil, remifentanil, alfentanil, thiafentanil, or a fentanyl derivative or analogue; punishes the offense as a Class E felony if the child is over 8 and as a Class B felony if the child is 8 or less. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard M. Briggs
Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 499 on 05/27/2025