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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 CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN--CONFINEMENT IN MOTOR | |
VEHICLES PROHIBITED | |
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Introduced By: Senators Raptakis, Lombardi, Coyne, Euer, Rogers, Paolino, Felag, and | |
Date Introduced: January 26, 2021 | |
Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 31-22-22.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-22 entitled |
2 | "Miscellaneous Rules" is hereby repealed. |
3 | 31-22-22.1. Child passenger protection -- Warnings of hazard and risk. |
4 | (a) All law enforcement officers in this state are authorized to provide a verbal warning to |
5 | any person who shall be deemed to have left a child under the age of seven (7) unattended in a |
6 | motor vehicle. The warning shall apprise the offending person of the dangers of this practice |
7 | including, but not limited to, the risk of kidnapping and/or abduction, and the dangers which may |
8 | result from the accumulation of excessive temperatures within the motor vehicle. |
9 | (b) No fine or sanction shall be imposed for a violation of this section, other than a verbal |
10 | warning, and no record of any kind shall be maintained of the warning. |
11 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CHILDREN--CONFINEMENT IN MOTOR | |
VEHICLES PROHIBITED | |
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1 | This act would repeal the requirement that law enforcement officers issue only warnings |
2 | of the risks to persons leaving a child under the age of seven (7) unattended in a motor vehicle. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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