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All 25,118 Active 7,678 In committee 7,673 Passed 5,917 Signed 4,510 Failed 6,972

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 21, 2023

SB 393: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- BURGLARY AND BREAKING AND ENTERING (Adds a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing robbery of the owner, lessor, or occupant of a motor vehicle and that the owner or occupant of the vehicle acted in self-defense.)

03/21/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 21, 2023

SR 634: SENATE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE IMPACT AND POTENTIAL ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF BAIL REFORMS ON BLACK RHODE ISLANDERS AND THE STATE (Creates an eleven (11) member commission to study the impact and potential economic benefits of bail reforms on Black Rhode Islanders and the State, and would report back by February 5, 2024, and expire on April 5, 2024.)

03/21/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 21, 2023

SB 646: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINALS--CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- PRIVATELY OWNED AND OPERATED DETENTION FACILITIES (Prohibits the operation of privately run detention facilities. Those currently in operation may continue to do so until January 1, 2031.)

03/21/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 21, 2023

SB 370: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - THEFT, EMBEZZLEMENT, FALSE PRETENSES, AND MISAPPROPRIATION (Provides for tiered and reduced penalties for the offenses of larceny, and shoplifting, classifies certain shoplifting offenses as petty misdemeanors and repeals habitual offender provisions.)

03/21/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 21, 2023

SB 606: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS (Requires automatic expungement of records and records of conviction, if the conviction was for a non-violent misdemeanor, five (5) years after completion of the sentence.)

03/21/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 21, 2023

SB 336: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- DISORDERLY CONDUCT (Makes threats of mass violence and false reports of threats to educational, religious, social institutions or civic or fraternal associations a misdemeanor.)

03/21/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · House Mar 21, 2023

HB 6147: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS REGULATION (Establishes the Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Exchange.)

03/21/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 21, 2023

SB 372: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - SEXUAL ASSAULT (Establishes criteria for the criminal offense of sexual assault when the victim is in the custody of a peace officer/provides that a person convicted of custodial sexual assault would face imprisonment for not more than 3 years.)

03/21/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 21, 2023

SB 617: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- SOLITARY CONFINEMENT REFORM ACT (Establishes the restrictive housing oversight committee ("committee") for the purpose of monitoring the use of restrictive housing (solitary confinement), as well as disciplinary and administrative confinement at the department of corrections.)

03/21/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 21, 2023

SB 408: AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION (Prohibits contracts with private, for-profit prison facilities or with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the purposes of housing and detaining people.)

03/21/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 21, 2023

SB 400: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- BURGLARY AND BREAKING AND ENTERING (Provides a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing any violent criminal offense that individual is lawfully in a place they have a right to be, and acted in self-defense and reasonable belief of harm.)

03/21/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

died · Rhode Island · Senate Mar 21, 2023

SB 621: AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ARREST (Prohibits the civil arrest of any person who is attending court either on behalf of themselves or a family or household member. Any person who violates this act shall be subject to civil suit and for contempt of court.)

03/21/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study