| Chapter 173 |
| 2026 -- H 8463 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 06/22/2026 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ARREST |
Introduced By: Representatives Read, Noret, J. Brien, Chippendale, Casey, Corvese, O'Brien, Fascia, Santucci, and Cotter |
| Date Introduced: April 17, 2026 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 12-7-10 of the General Laws in Chapter 12-7 entitled "Arrest" is |
| hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 12-7-10. Resisting legal or illegal arrest Resisting legal or illegal arrest by peace |
| officer-Resisting directive of correctional officer. |
| (a)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to use force or any weapon in resisting a legal or |
| an illegal arrest by a peace officer, if the person has reasonable ground to believe that he or she is |
| being arrested and that the arrest is being made by a peace officer. |
| (2) It shall be unlawful for any person in custody of the Rhode Island department of |
| corrections to use any force or weapon to resist a lawful request or directive by a corrections officer. |
| (i) As used in this section, "a lawful request or directive "means an order issued within the |
| scope of a correctional officer's official duties and consistent with state law and department |
| regulations. |
| (b) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not |
| more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both |
| fine and imprisonment. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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