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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- H 5442 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001560 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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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: Representatives Fogarty, Carson, Cotter, Noret, Hull, Tanzi, Bennett, |
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| 17 | 17 | | Dawson, Cortvriend, and Shallcross Smith |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: February 12, 2025 |
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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 11-35-18 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 | | (a) Whoever, knowing the report to be false, transmits or causes to be transmitted to any 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | person by telephone or other means a communication falsely reporting, warning, or threatening 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | either the location existence of any explosive or other dangerous substance or contrivance, or a 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | shooting or other dangerous event or happening, at a location, causing terror, anxiety, unrest, fear, 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | or personal discomfort by that false report, warning, or threat to any person or group of persons, or 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | prompting an evacuation or lockdown of a location or other law enforcement response, shall be 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment at the adult correctional institutions for 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | not more than ten (10) years, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | both fine and imprisonment. 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) For any person charged under subsection (a) of this section, the court may consider any 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | factors, including whether the person poses a danger to any individual, the community, or the 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | defendant, when making bail determinations, and may impose any reasonable conditions or court 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | order, including, but not limited to: 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (1) An extreme risk protection order pursuant to the provisions of chapter 8.3 of title 8; 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (2) A no trespass order for any educational, religious, or public institution or building; 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (3) A mental health assessment and/or a referral for mental health treatment; and/or 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (4) Substance abuse counseling. 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 2 |
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| 48 | 48 | | LC001560 |
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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 -- PUBLIC UTILITIES |
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| 58 | 58 | | *** |
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| 59 | 59 | | This act would expand the meaning of bomb threats and false reports to include any 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | warning or threat of the existence of an explosive device and/or which that prompts a law 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | enforcement response and allows a judge to impose conditions of bail to include extreme risk 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | protection orders, no trespass orders and counseling. 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 5 |
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