Bills Pending Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee

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RIS2888Intro
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COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- AUTOMATED DECISION TOOLS - Requires companies that develop or deploy high-risk AI systems to conduct impact assessments and adopt risk management programs, would apply to both developers and deployer...
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2024-04-11
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RIS2214Intro
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BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- FACILITATING BUSINESS RAPID RESPONSE TO STATE DECLARED DISASTER ACT OF 2024 - Exempts out-of-state businesses and their employees performing services, during declared state or federal disasters or emergencies, from state...
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2024-04-11
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RIS2895Intro
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ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS - Allows citizens of a city or town who are at least sixteen (16) years of age to register to vote and to vote in school committee elections in municipalities where school committees are elected entities.
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2024-04-11
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RIS2780Intro
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ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS - Requires mail ballot drop boxes to be opened thirty-five (35) days prior to election day, and twenty (20) days prior to special elections.
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2024-04-11
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RIS2779Intro
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Joint Resolution To Approve And Publish And Submit To The Electors A Proposition Of Amendment To The Constitution -- Of Suffrage (would Propose To The Voters Of The State A Constitutional Amendment Regarding Eligibility To Vote And To Be A Candidate....
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2024-04-11
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RIS2772Intro
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CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS -- UNIFORM PARTNERSHIP ACT - Requires certain limited liability partnership providing professional services to carry liability insurance.
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2024-04-11
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RIS2766Intro
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PUBLIC RECORDS -- PUBLIC RECORDS ADMINISTRATION - Updates public records administration act, modifies records control schedule, designates records officer, establishes procedures for retention of records. Provides administrator submit yearly reports,...
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2024-04-11
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RIS2894Intro
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ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS - Allows non-affiliated party voters to vote in party primaries, without becoming an affiliated party voter.
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2024-04-11
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RIS2778Intro
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ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS - Establishes a three (3) day transmittal period after the deadline for local boards to accept mail ballot applications, if delivered via the postal service.
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2024-04-11
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RIS2670Intro
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ELECTIONS -- PRIMARY ELECTIONS - Changes the process of nominating candidates for the general election, by replacing the political party primary with a primary general election.
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2024-04-11
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RIS2781Intro
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THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE - Provides amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code for emerging technologies.
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2024-04-11
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RIS2972Intro
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STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES - Establishes general caseload limits for DCYF workers similar to those contained in the Council on Accreditation standards.
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2024-04-05
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RIS2655Intro
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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT - Includes animal cruelty offenses to the domestic violence crimes committed by a family or household members against another.
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2024-04-04
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RIS2934Intro
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CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- COMMERCIAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY - Decriminalizes certain commercial sexual activity.
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2024-04-04
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RIS2683Intro
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CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THREATS AND EXTORTION - Defines "public official" to include school personnel for purposes of the criminal prohibition against making threats to public officials.
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2024-04-04
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RIS2771Intro
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CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THREATS AND EXTORTION - Considers election officials and poll workers "public officials" for purposes of the prohibition on making threats to public officials.
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2024-04-04
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RIS2441Intro
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CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- COMMERCIAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY - Under certain circumstances, provides immunity from arrest and prosecution for prostitution, procurement of sexual conduct for a fee, loitering for prostitution and soliciting from motor vehicles for ...
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2024-04-04
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RIS2432Intro
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CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THEFT, EMBEZZLEMENT, FALSE PRETENSES, AND MISAPPROPRIATION - Provides for tiered and reduced penalties for the offenses of larceny, and shoplifting, classifies certain shoplifting offenses as petty misdemeanors and repeals habitu...
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2024-04-04
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RIS2192Intro
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CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- BURGLARY AND BREAKING AND ENTERING - Adds a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing robbery of the owner, lessor, or occupant of a motor vehicle and that the owner or occupant of t...
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2024-04-04
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RIS2669Intro
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BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- INCOMPETENCY TO STAND TRIAL AND PERSONS ADJUDGED NOT GUITLY BY REASON OF INSANITY - Requires any competency examinations of criminal defendants take place on an outpatient basis or at...
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2024-04-04
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RIS2198Intro
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CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- BURGLARY AND BREAKING AND ENTERING - Provides a rebuttable defense if any person shall die or sustain a personal injury while committing any violent criminal offense that individual is lawfully in a place they have a right to be,...
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2024-04-04
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RIS2225Intro
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STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT - Repeals provisions that assess costs for women in the community corrections program for women offenders and repeals the crime of loitering for prostitution.
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2024-04-04
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RIS2661Intro
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CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- THREATS AND EXTORTION - Considers state government caseworkers or investigators "public officials" for purposes of the prohibition on making threats to public officials.
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2024-04-04
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RIS2442Intro
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HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES -- HIV/AIDS - Repeals the required HIV testing for an individual convicted under chapter 34.1 of title 11 and allows the option for HIV testing for any person convicted under this...
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2024-04-04
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RIH7470Engross
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MOTOR VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS - Adds "loose material" to the contents of a vehicle that must be covered by a covering that must remain in place until the vehicle's contents are purged from the vehicle.
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2024-04-03
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RIH7568Engross
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MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES - Provides additional exception to prohibition on usage of wireless communication device while driving and clarifies that use for purpose of navigation must be while the device is mounted or otherwise a...
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2024-04-03
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RIH7569Engross
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PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- UNCLAIMED INTANGIBLE AND TANGIBLE PROPERTY - Provides conditions which persons paid to recover or assist in recovering reported property must comply with.
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2024-04-03
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RIH7239Engross
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PROBATE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE -- LIMITED GUARDIANSHIP AND GUARDIANSHIP OF ADULTS - Provides that supported decision-making pursuant to chapter 66.13 of title 42 be added to the Limited Guardianship and Guardianship of Adults forms section as one of ...
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2024-04-03
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RIH7328Engross
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ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES - Includes the general assembly elections within the category of elections subject to the risk-limiting audits within the jurisdiction of the board of elections.
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2024-04-03
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RIS2217Intro
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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE - Provides for release of misdemeanor arrestees without financial conditions, except for domestic violence or flight risk or obstruct of justice risk.
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2024-04-02
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RIS2775Intro
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DELINQUENT AND DEPENDENT CHILDREN -- PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT - Prohibit the family court from detaining any juvenile or committing any juvenile, under the age of 14 years, to the training school, for any offense other than murder, first degree se...
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2024-04-02
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RIS2439Intro
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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SENTENCE AND EXECUTION - Requires the courts to consider the parental status of the defendant at the time of sentencing and allows the defendant to present a family impact statement, including testimony, videos and documents rel...
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2024-04-02
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RIS2228Intro
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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SECOND LOOK SENTENCING ACT - Establishes the second look act and would permit incarcerated individuals to petition the sentencing court to consider a motion to reduce a sentence after the defendant has served at least ten (10) y...
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2024-04-02
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RIS2193Intro
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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS - Requires superior court clerk to automatically seal cases or individual counts of a criminal complaint or indictment, upon request of the defendant and serve it upon bureau of crimi...
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2024-04-02
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RIS2776Intro
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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SENTENCE AND EXECUTION - Requires the court to set reasonable bail for all those individuals who appear before it as probation violators and establish a presumption of personal recognizance unless the new alleged offense is a cr...
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2024-04-02
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RIS2769Intro
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STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DETENTION FOR FEDERAL CIVIL IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS - Prohibits state or municipality from contracts to detain individuals for civil immigration violations, and if such contract exists, it must end by July 1, 2025 and p...
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2024-04-02
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RIS2677Intro
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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS - Allows expungement of multiple felony convictions for non-violent felonies10 years after sentence completed.
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2024-04-02
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RIS2678Intro
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CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- HAZING - Adds definitions to prohibition of hazing, make coaches and others responsible for knowingly failing to take reasonable measures to prevent hazing and would punish serious bodily injury by up to ten (10) years in impriso...
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2024-04-02
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RIS2648Intro
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COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- CAUSES OF ACTION - Makes all sexual abuse or exploitation of a child causes of action not subject to statute of limitations whether lapsed or time-barred.
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2024-04-02
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RIS2232Intro
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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ARREST - College security may detain criminal offenders.
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2024-03-28
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RIS2827Intro
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PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES - Reduces the required number of members present to constitute a quorum from three (3) to two (2) members.
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2024-03-28
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RIS2686Intro
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STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OPEN MEETINGS - Requires public bodies to offer translation services for all open meetings of said bodies.
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2024-03-28
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RIS2828Intro
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CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS - Allows law enforcement to utilize mufflers, silencers, or other devices for deadening or muffling the sound of a firearm while acting within the scope of their official duties under the supervision of the police chief o...
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2024-03-28
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RIS2938Intro
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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS AND COMPLAINTS - Includes the offense of second-degree sexual assault among the offenses to which there shall be no statute of limitations and provides for a ten (10) year statute of limitations for thi...
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2024-03-28
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RIS2932Intro
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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT - Provides that a defendant's third and subsequent violation of domestic violence offenses, including both prior felony and misdemeanor convictions, be punishable as a felony.
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2024-03-28
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RIS2452Intro
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STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- QUASI-PUBLIC CORPORATIONS ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ACT - Provides that compensation comparability studies of senior management, documents discussed at an open meeting, annual contracting reports, list of current...
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2024-03-28
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RIS2651Intro
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CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- CUSTODIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SEXUAL PENETRATION - Establishes criteria for the criminal offense of sexual assault when the victim is in the custody of a peace officer and also provides that a person convicted of custodial sexual ass...
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2024-03-28
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RIS2830Intro
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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SEARCH WARRANTS - Dictates the length a search warrant involving a tracking device would be valid and provide a process to extend the time frame of the tracking device for good cause.
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2024-03-28
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RIS2673Intro
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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- RAILROAD, STEAMBOAT, AND BRIDGE POLICE - Provides any police report involving a railroad fatality and all communications between railroad employees not be made public. Additionally, it makes a violation of this section a misdeme...
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2024-03-28
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RIS2105Intro
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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ELECTRONIC INFORMATION AND DATA PRIVACY ACT - Requires law enforcement agencies to obtain search warrants for electronic information, data, location information and other identifying information of subscribers and customers, exc...
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2024-03-28
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