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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS (Classifies all vehicles used by the department of corrections in the performance official duties as authorized emergency vehicles.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS (Classifies all vehicles used by the department of corrections in the performance official duties as authorized emergency vehicles.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 606"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 606 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Correctional Institutions", "Dept. of Corrections"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Coyne", "Lombardi", "Lynch Prata", "McKenney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-03-14"
+last_action: "2019-06-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5abc2a1e-5b58-41b6-8e8d-50cc296bda6a"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "c521a3ef04970325548c83dfe887d3fb2f532f3ba6503ce3c989a832005acc95"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island SB 606 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS (Classifies all vehicles used by the department of corrections in the performance official duties as authorized emergency vehicles.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **606** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0606.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Archambault — primary (person)
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-14** 03/14/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-26** 04/26/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2019)
+- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-05-23** 05/23/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2019)
+- **2019-05-28** 05/28/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2019)
+- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
+- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2019)
+- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5abc2a1e-5b58-41b6-8e8d-50cc296bda6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+