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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 -- PUBLIC UTILITIES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Fogarty, Tanzi, Donovan, Shallcross Smith, Boylan, | |
Date Introduced: March 01, 2023 | |
Referred To: House Judiciary | |
(Attorney General) | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 11-35-18 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-35 entitled "Public |
2 | Utilities" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 11-35-18. Bomb threats and similar false reports. |
4 | Whoever, knowing the report to be false, transmits or causes to be transmitted to any person |
5 | by telephone or other means a communication falsely reporting, warning, or threatening the |
6 | location existence of any explosive or other dangerous substance or contrivance, or a shooting or |
7 | other dangerous event or happening, at a location causing terror, anxiety, unrest, fear, or personal |
8 | discomfort by that false report, warning, or threat to any person or group of persons, or prompting |
9 | an evacuation or lockdown of a location or other law enforcement response, shall be guilty of a |
10 | felony and shall be punished by imprisonment at the adult correctional institutions for not more |
11 | than ten (10) years, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both fine and |
12 | imprisonment. |
13 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- PUBLIC UTILITIES | |
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1 | This act would expand the crime of false reporting to include shootings or other dangerous |
2 | events. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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