2020 -- S 2084

========

LC003336

========

     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020

____________

A N   A C T

RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN--CONFINEMENT IN MOTOR

VEHICLES PROHIBITED

     

     Introduced By: Senators Raptakis, Lombardi, McCaffrey, Archambault, and Lynch
Prata

     Date Introduced: January 21, 2020

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

1

     SECTION 1. Section 31-22-22.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-22 entitled

2

"Miscellaneous Rules" is hereby repealed.

3

     31-22-22.1. Child passenger protection -- Warnings of hazard and risk.

4

     (a) All law enforcement officers in this state are authorized to provide a verbal warning to

5

any person who shall be deemed to have left a child under the age of seven (7) unattended in a

6

motor vehicle. The warning shall apprise the offending person of the dangers of this practice

7

including, but not limited to, the risk of kidnapping and/or abduction, and the dangers which may

8

result from the accumulation of excessive temperatures within the motor vehicle.

9

     (b) No fine or sanction shall be imposed for a violation of this section, other than a verbal

10

warning, and no record of any kind shall be maintained of the warning.

11

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

========

LC003336

========

 

EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN--CONFINEMENT IN MOTOR

VEHICLES PROHIBITED

***

1

     This act would repeal the requirement that law enforcement officers issue only warnings

2

of the risks to persons leaving a child under the age of seven (7) unattended in a motor vehicle.

3

     This act would take effect upon passage.

========

LC003336

========

 

LC003336 - Page 2 of 2