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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 -- SEXUAL ASSAULT | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Roberts, Kazarian, Craven, Chippendale, Casimiro, | |
Date Introduced: February 21, 2023 | |
Referred To: House Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Sections 11-37-3 and 11-37-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-37 entitled |
2 | "Sexual Assault" are hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 11-37-3. Penalty for first degree sexual assault. |
4 | Every person who shall commit sexual assault in the first degree shall be imprisoned for a |
5 | period not less than ten (10) fifteen (15) years; provided, the first ten (10) years shall be served and |
6 | the person shall not be afforded the benefits of deferment or suspension of sentence and may be |
7 | imprisoned for life. |
8 | 11-37-5. Penalty for second degree sexual assault. |
9 | Every person who shall commit sexual assault in the second degree shall be imprisoned for |
10 | not less than three (3) five (5) years; provided, the first five (5) years shall be served and the person |
11 | shall not be afforded the benefits of deferment or suspension of sentence and not more than fifteen |
12 | (15) years. |
13 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage and shall be applicable to all those |
14 | offenses committed after passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT | |
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1 | This act would increase the minimum sentence for first degree and second degree sexual |
2 | assault and provides that the first ten (10) years of a sentence for first degree sexual assault and the |
3 | first five (5) years for second degree sexual assault, not be subject to a suspension or deferment of |
4 | sentence. |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage and would be applicable to all those offenses |
6 | committed after passage. |
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