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S3164 2026 -- S 3164 ======== LC006210 ======== STATE OF RHODE ISLAND IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026 ____________ A N A C T RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ASSAULTS Introduced By: Senators Bissaillon, and Britto Date Introduced: March 27, 2026 Referred To: Senate Judiciary It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: 1 SECTION 1. Section 11-5-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-5 entitled Assaults is 2 hereby amended to read as follows: 3 11-5-5. Assault of police officers and other officials. 4 Any person who shall make an assault or battery, or both, by knowingly and willfully either 5 (1) striking, or (2) spraying with a noxious chemical, commonly used as a personal defense weapon, 6 including Mace and an oleoresin capsicum product or like products, a uniformed member of the 7 state police or metropolitan park police, environmental police officer, state properties patrol officer, 8 probation and parole officers, state government case worker or investigator, judge of the supreme, 9 superior, family, district court, traffic tribunal or municipal court, deputy sheriff, city or town police 10 officer or firefighter, member of the capitol police, member of campus security force of state 11 colleges and universities, member of the Rhode Island airport police department, member of the 12 Rhode Island fugitive task force, Rhode Island public transit authority bus driver, or on-duty 13 plainclothes member of the town, city, or state police force, investigator of the department of the 14 attorney general appointed pursuant to § 42-9-8.1, or member of the railroad police after proper 15 identification is displayed, or any railroad worker, or uniformed dog officer, or out-of-state police 16 officer called into Rhode Island under a cooperative agreement to provide mutual aid at the request 17 of the state of Rhode Island pursuant to chapter 37 of title 42, or assistant attorney general or special 18 assistant attorney general, or employees of the department of environmental management 19 responsible for administrative inspections or any constable authorized by chapter 45-16 of the 1 Rhode Island general law causing bodily injury while the officer or official is engaged in the 2 performance of his or her duty, shall be deemed to have committed a felony, and shall be 3 imprisoned not exceeding three (3) years, or fined not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500), 4 or both. 5 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. ======== LC006210 ======== LC006210 - Page 2 of 3 EXPLANATION BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF A N A C T RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- ASSAULTS *** 1 This act would make assault on a railroad worker resulting in personal injury a felony. 2 This act would take effect upon passage. ======== LC006210 ======== LC006210 - Page 3 of 3
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