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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- H 5694 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001141 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Representatives Noret, Hull, Baginski, Vella-Wilkinson, Finkelman, |
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| 17 | 17 | | Place, Dawson, Azzinaro, Costantino, and Lima |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: February 17, 2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: House Judiciary |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Section 11-47-17.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-47 entitled "Weapons" 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 11-47-17.1. Mandatory or discretionary nature of § 11-47-15.1 requirements — 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Qualification reports to be filed. 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (a) All law enforcement officers of this state and its political subdivisions, whose 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | permanent appointment shall take place later than June 6, 1970, shall be required to qualify with 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | the pistol or revolver with which they are armed prior to their permanent appointment, that 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | qualification to be as required in §§ 11-47-15.1 and 11-47-15.3. All permanent appointed law 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | enforcement officers of this state and its political subdivisions who are required to qualify under § 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 11-47-17 may, at the discretion of the officer, qualify under either § 11-47-15, § 11-47-15.1, or § 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 11-47-15.3. The failure of any law enforcement officer to qualify under the provisions of this 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | section revokes his or her privilege of carrying a pistol or revolver, whether concealed or not, on 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | or about his or her person. Qualification under this section will be required at periods of not more 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | than one year two (2) times per year at intervals of at least four (4) months, except for correctional 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | officers who must repeat this qualification one time per year. Provided further, effective January 1, 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2024, the qualification requirements pursuant to this section shall include a nighttime, low light/no 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | light qualification component which shall simulate dusk to dawn lighting conditions, which 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | conditions may be artificially produced indoors. 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (b) Copies of all of the qualification reports shall be filed with the office of the attorney 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | general. 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2023. 2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | LC001141 - Page 3 of 3 |
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| 53 | 53 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 54 | 54 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 55 | 55 | | OF |
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| 56 | 56 | | A N A C T |
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| 57 | 57 | | RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS |
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| 58 | 58 | | *** |
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| 59 | 59 | | This act would mandate that police officers qualify in the use of firearms in both daylight 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | and nighttime conditions two (2) times per year and that correctional officers qualify every year 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | instead of once every two (2) years. 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | This act would take effect on July 1, 2023. 4 |
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