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