· RI legislature · 2026

AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS

Requires superior court clerk to automatically seal cases/individual counts of a criminal complaint/indictment that were dismissed, upon request of defendant and serve it upon bureau of criminal identification, police department and counsel of record.

Sponsor

Andrew Dimitri (D-RI)

Introduced

2026-01-16

Policy area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Latest action

03/10/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study