CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ARREST, the official text

H8463 2026 -- H 8463 ======== LC006330 ======== STATE OF RHODE ISLAND IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026 ____________ A N A C T 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: 1 SECTION 1. Section 12-7-10 of the General Laws in Chapter 12-7 entitled Arrest is 2 hereby amended to read as follows: 3 12-7-10. 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 (b) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not 11 more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both 12 fine and imprisonment. 13 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. ======== LC006330 ======== EXPLANATION BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF A N A C T RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ARREST *** 1 This 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. 3 This act would take effect upon passage. ======== LC006330 ======== LC006330 - Page 2 of 2