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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY

GENERAL

     Introduced By: Senators de la Cruz, Rogers, Paolino, Lombardi, Lombardo, Morgan, and
Ciccone

     Date Introduced: January 26, 2021

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Purpose/Legislative Intent.

     The general assembly recognizes that crimes committed with firearms are and have been

the focus of legislative policy initiatives. In an effort to address such crimes, the legislature

understands that full disclosure of statistical data is essential to the proper formulation of effective

statutes. The general assembly recognizes that legislative initiatives are successful when all

pertinent statistical factors and data are available for consideration. Therefore, the annual gun

crimes law enforcement report is being amended.

     SECTION 2. 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 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, 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 along with

the make, model number and caliber of the firearm utilized, involved and/or seized. The reported

firearm information shall also include if the firearm was stolen, altered or obliterated serial

numbers, and shall indicate if the firearm was a 3D printed firearm or ghost firearm. The report

shall be compiled using statistics provided by the Rhode Island statewide judicial information

system.

     SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ATTORNEY

GENERAL

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     This act would require the office of the attorney general to issue a report containing the

total cases charged with a firearm in all Rhode Island courts and a list of cases charged with a

firearm which have been disposed during the calendar year. Said report would include the make,

model number and caliber of the firearm involved in said charges, and would also include if the

firearm was stolen, altered, or obliterated serial numbers, and indicate if the firearm was a 3D

printed firearm or ghost firearm.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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