Chapter 261
2021 -- H 5727 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 07/14/2021

A N   A C T
RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL

Introduced By: Representatives Casey, Filippi, Craven, C Lima, Chippendale, Corvese, Kennedy, Solomon, Phillips, and Hawkins

Date Introduced: February 24, 2021

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
     SECTION 1. Section 42-9-12.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-9 entitled "Department
of Attorney General" is hereby amended to read as follows:
     42-9-12.1. Annual gun crimes law enforcement report.
     (a) The attorney general shall annually, on or before March 31, make a report in writing to
the general assembly showing the transactions of the attorney general's office in relation to the
enforcement of law with respect to crimes involving a gun during the prior year ending on
December 31.
     (b) The report shall show for each of the counties of the state contain the total number of
non-warranted indictments and information cases with respect to crimes charges involving a gun
firearm in all courts in the state of Rhode Island pending filed at the beginning of during the
calendar year,. The report shall also contain all and the number of warranted indictments and
information cases with respect to crimes charges involving a firearm which that have been disposed
of during the calendar gun pending at the beginning of the year, the number of indictments returned
and informations filed in these cases during the year, the number of indictments and informations
disposed of in these cases during the year:
     (1) By jury trial;
     (2) By jury waived trial;
     (3) Without jury trial on plea of guilty or nolo contendere; and
     (4) By a nol pros; and the number of non-warranted and warranted indictments and
informations pending at the end of the year.
     (c) The report shall also show the number of offenders in these cases punished by sentence
or imprisonment, or by the payment of a fine, or by both fine and imprisonment, or by suspended
or deferred sentence or probation disposition of each case, with the sentences and fines specified
in each instance.
     (d) The report shall be subdivided to show the sex of the offenders and the age of the
offenders, arranged by decades. by and specifically include each court docket number and the
charge or charges associated with it.
     (e) For each report beginning with the report due March 31, 2023, the reports shall show
whether the firearm or firearms at issue in each case was a rifle, semi-automatic rifle, shotgun,
revolver, semi-automatic handgun, or miscellaneous firearm.
     (f) The report shall be compiled using statistics provided by the Rhode Island statewide
judicial information system and may be supplemented by data maintained by the attorney general's
office.
     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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