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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS | |
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Introduced By: Senators Raptakis, Tikoian, Burke, F. Lombardi, Felag, McKenney, and | |
Date Introduced: March 01, 2024 | |
Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Sections 11-47-3.1 and 11-47-5.2 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-47 |
2 | entitled "Weapons" are hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 11-47-3.1. Carrying a stolen firearm when committing a crime of violence. |
4 | No person shall commit a crime of violence when armed with or having available a stolen |
5 | firearm. Every person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished: (1) for the first |
6 | conviction by imprisonment for not less than five (5) ten (10) nor more than fifteen (15) twenty |
7 | (20) years and must serve at least five (5) years without the eligibility for parole or probation; (2) |
8 | for a second conviction under this section by imprisonment for not less than fifteen (15) nor more |
9 | than twenty (20) twenty-five (25) years and must serve at least ten (10) years without the eligibility |
10 | for parole or probation; and (3) for a third or subsequent conviction under this section by |
11 | imprisonment for not less than twenty (20) twenty-five (25) years and may be imprisoned for life |
12 | and must serve at least fifteen (15) years without the eligibility for parole or probation. The sentence |
13 | imposed shall be consecutive to the underlying sentence for the crime of violence. |
14 | 11-47-5.2. Possession of a stolen firearm. |
15 | It shall be unlawful for any person to possess a stolen firearm, knowing it to be stolen. Any |
16 | person in violation of this section shall be guilty of a felony and subject to imprisonment for not |
17 | less than three (3) five (5) years nor more than fifteen (15) twenty (20) years. Any person convicted |
18 | under this section who is a first offender shall serve at least three (3) years without the eligibility |
19 | for parole or probation and any person convicted of a second or subsequent offense shall serve at |
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1 | least ten (10) years without the eligibility for parole or probation. |
2 | 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 -- WEAPONS | |
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1 | This act would increase the sentences for carrying a firearm when committing a crime of |
2 | violence and for possessing a stolen firearm and would require that a person convicted of these |
3 | offenses serve a period of time in which they would not be eligible for parole or probation. Penalties |
4 | would increase for second and subsequent offenses. |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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