H7090

	2020 -- H 7090
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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020
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	A N A C T
	RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE

	Introduced By: Representatives Knight, Craven, McEntee, Millea, and McKiernan
	Date Introduced: January 10, 2020
	Referred To: House Judiciary
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. Section 12-13-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 12-13 entitled "Bail and
2	Recognizance" is hereby amended to read as follows:
3	12-13-6. Bail or discharge for want of indictment or information.
4	Every person who shall be imprisoned upon suspicion of having committed an offense
5	for which bail may be denied pursuant to the provisions of R.I. Const., Art. I, Sec. IX shall be
6	bailed or discharged if not indicted or charged by information within six (6) three (3) months after
7	the commitment.
8	SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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	EXPLANATION
	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
	OF
	A N A C T
	RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE
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1	This act would require that any person held in prison for a charge upon which bail may
2	be denied, shall be bailed or discharged if not indicted or charged by way of information within
3	three (3) months after commitment.
4	This act would take effect upon passage.
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