S.2296

Rhode Island S2296 criminalizes unlawful interference with traffic on federal and state highways, setting mandatory minimum sentences.

Rhode Island S2296 amends the state's disorderly conduct law to criminalize and set mandatory minimum sentences for unlawful interference with traffic on federal and state highways. The bill imposes a mandatory minimum sentence of five years, with no less than five years ineligible for suspension, deferral, or probation, for those whose actions result in the death of a person. Subsequent violations carry progressively harsher penalties, with the third violation resulting in a mandatory minimum of five years, with no less than two years ineligible for suspension, deferral, or probation.