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S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025
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A N A C T
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND
COMMUNITY NOTIFICATI ON
Introduced By: Representatives Fascia, Craven, Nardone, Chippendale, Hull, Lima, J.
Lombardi, Furtado, Place, and Fellela
Date Introduced: February 28, 2025
Referred To: House Judiciary
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 11-37.1-10 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-37.1 entitled "Sexual 1
Offender Registration and Community Notification" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2
11-37.1-10. Penalties. 3
(a) Any person who is required to register or verify his or her address or give notice of a 4
change of address or residence who knowingly fails to do so shall be guilty of a felony and, upon 5
conviction, be imprisoned not more than ten (10) years, or fined not more than ten thousand dollars 6
($10,000), or both. 7
(b) Any person who is required to register or verify his or her address or give notice of a 8
change of address or residence who knowingly fails to do so shall be in violation of the terms of 9
his or her release, regardless of whether or not the term was a special condition of his or her release 10
on probation, parole, home confinement or other form of supervised release. 11
(c) Except in the case of a level-three (3) sex offender, any Any person who is required to 12
register or verify his or her address, who knowingly resides within three hundred feet (300′) of any 13
school as defined in § 11-37.1-2, which distance shall be measured from the nearest boundary line 14
of the real property supporting the residence of the person to the nearest boundary line of the real 15
property that supports or upon which there exists a school shall be guilty of a felony and, upon 16
conviction, may be imprisoned not more than five (5) years, or fined not more than five thousand 17
dollars ($5,000), or both. 18
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(d) Any level-three (3) sex offender who knowingly resides within one thousand feet 1
(1,000′) of any school as defined in § 11-37.1-2, which distance shall be measured from the nearest 2
boundary line of the real property supporting the residence of the person to the nearest boundary 3
line of the real property that supports or upon which there exists a school shall be guilty of a felony 4
and, upon conviction, may be imprisoned for not more than five (5) years, or fined not more than 5
five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both. 6
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 7
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
A N A C T
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND
COMMUNITY NOTIFICATI ON
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This act would make it a felony for any person required to register as a sex offender to live 1
within three hundred feet (300’) of a school as defined in § 11-37.1-2. 2
This act would take effect upon passage. 3
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