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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Roberts, Craven, Lima, Chippendale, Hull, Casimiro, | |
Date Introduced: February 28, 2025 | |
Referred To: House Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Sections 11-37-3 and 11-37-8.2 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-37 entitled |
2 | "Sexual Assault" are hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 11-37-3. Penalty for first degree sexual assault. |
4 | Every person who shall commit sexual assault in the first degree shall be imprisoned for a |
5 | period not less than ten (10) fifteen (15) years; provided that, the first ten (10) years shall be served |
6 | and the person shall not be afforded the benefits of determent or suspension of sentence and may |
7 | be imprisoned for life. |
8 | 11-37-8.2. Penalty for first degree child molestation sexual assault. |
9 | Every person who shall commit first degree child molestation sexual assault shall be |
10 | imprisoned for a period of not less than twenty-five (25) years; provided that, the first ten (10) years |
11 | shall be served and the person shall not be afforded the benefits of determent or suspension of |
12 | sentence and may be imprisoned for life. |
13 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage and shall be applicable to all those |
14 | offenses committed after the effective date of this section. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL ASSAULT | |
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1 | This act would increase the minimum sentence for first degree sexual assault and provide |
2 | that the first ten (10) years of a sentence for first degree sexual assault not be subject to a suspension |
3 | or deferment of sentence. This act would provide that the first ten (10) years of a sentence for first |
4 | degree child molestation sexual assault not be subject to a suspension or deferment of sentence. |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage and would be applicable to all those offenses |
6 | committed after the effective date of this section. |
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