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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 OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND

COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION

     Introduced By: Representatives Fascia, Craven, Nardone, Chippendale, Hull, Lima, J.
Lombardi, Furtado, Place, and Fellela

     Date Introduced: February 28, 2025

     Referred To: House Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 11-37.1-10 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-37.1 entitled "Sexual

Offender Registration and Community Notification" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     11-37.1-10. Penalties.

     (a) Any person who is required to register or verify his or her address or give notice of a

change of address or residence who knowingly fails to do so shall be guilty of a felony and, upon

conviction, be imprisoned not more than ten (10) years, or fined not more than ten thousand dollars

($10,000), or both.

     (b) Any person who is required to register or verify his or her address or give notice of a

change of address or residence who knowingly fails to do so shall be in violation of the terms of

his or her release, regardless of whether or not the term was a special condition of his or her release

on probation, parole, home confinement or other form of supervised release.

     (c) Except in the case of a level-three (3) sex offender, any Any person who is required to

register or verify his or her address, who knowingly resides within three hundred feet (300′) of any

school as defined in § 11-37.1-2, which distance shall be measured from the nearest boundary line

of the real property supporting the residence of the person to the nearest boundary line of the real

property that supports or upon which there exists a school shall be guilty of a felony and, upon

conviction, may be imprisoned not more than five (5) years, or fined not more than five thousand

dollars ($5,000), or both.

     (d) Any level-three (3) sex offender who knowingly resides within one thousand feet

(1,000′) of any school as defined in § 11-37.1-2, which distance shall be measured from the nearest

boundary line of the real property supporting the residence of the person to the nearest boundary

line of the real property that supports or upon which there exists a school shall be guilty of a felony

and, upon conviction, may be imprisoned for not more than five (5) years, or fined not more than

five thousand dollars ($5,000), or both.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- SEXUAL OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND

COMMUNITY NOTIFICATION

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     This act would make it a felony for any person required to register as a sex offender to live

within three hundred feet (300’) of a school as defined in § 11-37.1-2.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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