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  STATE  OF        RHODE  ISLAND
  IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
  JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026
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  AN ACT
  RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ARREST
  Introduced By: Representatives Read, Noret, J. Brien, Chippendale, Casey, Corvese,
  O'Brien, Fascia, Santucci, and Cotter
  Date Introduced: April 17, 2026
  Referred To: House Judiciary
 It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1SECTION 1. Section 12-7-10 of the General Laws in Chapter 12-7 entitled "Arrest" is
2 hereby amended to read as follows:
312-7-10. Resisting legal or illegal arrest Resisting legal or illegal arrest by peace
4 officer-Resisting directive of correctional officer.
5(a)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to use force or any weapon in resisting a legal or
6 an illegal arrest by a peace officer, if the person has reasonable ground to believe that he or she is
7 being arrested and that the arrest is being made by a peace officer.
8(2) It shall be unlawful for any person in custody of the Rhode Island department of
9 corrections to use any force or weapon to resist a lawful request or directive by a corrections officer.
10(i) As used in this section, "a lawful request or directive "means an order issued within the
11 scope of a correctional officer's official duties and consistent with state law and department
12 regulations.
13(b) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not
14 more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both
15 fine and imprisonment.
16SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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  EXPLANATION
  BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
  OF
  AN ACT
  RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ARREST
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1This act would make it unlawful for a person in the custody of the department of corrections
2 to use any force or weapon to resist a lawful request or directive.
3This act would take effect upon passage.
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