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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- S 0743 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC002191 |
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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 -- PUBLIC UTILITIES |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Senators Tikoian, Euer, DiMario, F. Lombardi, Ciccone, Britto, Burke, |
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| 17 | 17 | | and McKenney |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: March 22, 2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: Senate Judiciary |
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| 20 | 20 | | (Attorney General) |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Section 11-35-18 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-35 entitled "Public 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Utilities" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 11-35-18. Bomb threats and similar false reports. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Whoever, knowing the report to be false, transmits or causes to be transmitted to any person 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | by telephone or other means a communication falsely reporting, warning, or threatening the 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | location existence of any explosive or other dangerous substance or contrivance, or a shooting or 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | other dangerous event or happening, at a location causing terror, anxiety, unrest, fear, or personal 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | discomfort by that false report, warning, or threat to any person or group of persons, or prompting 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | an evacuation or lockdown of a location or other law enforcement response, shall be guilty of a 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | felony and shall be punished by imprisonment at the adult correctional institutions for not more 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | than ten (10) years, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both fine and 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | imprisonment. 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | LC002191 - Page 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 43 | 43 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 44 | 44 | | OF |
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| 45 | 45 | | A N A C T |
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| 46 | 46 | | RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- PUBLIC UTILITIES |
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| 47 | 47 | | *** |
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| 48 | 48 | | This act would expand the crime of false reporting to include shootings or other dangerous 1 |
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| 49 | 49 | | events. 2 |
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| 50 | 50 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 3 |
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