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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Noret, Hull, Baginski, Vella-Wilkinson, Finkelman, | |
Date Introduced: February 17, 2023 | |
Referred To: House Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 11-47-17 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-47 entitled "Weapons" |
2 | is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 11-47-17. Qualifications required of law enforcement officers appointed after June |
4 | 17, 1959. |
5 | Except as provided in § 11-47-15.3, all law enforcement officers of this state and its |
6 | political subdivisions whose permanent appointment shall take place after June 17, 1959, will be |
7 | required to qualify with the pistol or revolver with which they are armed prior to their permanent |
8 | appointment, that qualification to be the same as that required in § 11-47-15. Town constables or |
9 | police constables, special officers, and all law enforcement officers, who by law are authorized to |
10 | carry side arms and whose appointments are made on a recurring basis, will be required to qualify |
11 | not later than one year following the date of enactment of this section and their commissions or |
12 | warrants will be plainly marked or stamped “QUALIFIED WITH PISTOL OR REVOLVER” and |
13 | will be signed and dated by the certifying authority attesting to that fact. The failure of any law |
14 | enforcement officer to qualify under the provisions of this section revokes his or her privilege of |
15 | carrying a pistol or revolver, whether concealed or not, on or about his or her person. All law |
16 | enforcement officers of this state and its political subdivisions will repeat this qualification at |
17 | periods of not more than one year two (2) times per year at intervals of at least four (4) months, |
18 | except for correctional officers who must repeat this qualification one time per year. Provided |
19 | further, effective January 1, 2024, the qualification requirements pursuant to this section shall |
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1 | include a nighttime low light/no light qualification component which shall simulate dusk to dawn |
2 | lighting conditions which conditions may be artificially produced indoors. |
3 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2023. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS | |
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1 | This act would mandate that police officers qualify in the use of firearms two (2) times per |
2 | year instead of one time annually and correction officers qualify annually under lowlight/no light |
3 | conditions. |
4 | This act would take effect on July 1, 2023. |
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