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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PASSING, USE OF LANES, AND RULES OF THE ROAD (Provides for specific fines and sanctions to operators of motor vehicles who fail to exercise due care to avoid colliding with a vulnerable road user causing injury, serious injury, or death to the vulnerable road user.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PASSING, USE OF LANES, AND RULES OF THE ROAD (Provides for specific fines and sanctions to operators of motor vehicles who fail to exercise due care to avoid colliding with a vulnerable road user causing injury, serious injury, or death to the vulnerable road user.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 5093"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5093 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Death", "Health & Safety", "Motor Vehicles", "Roads", "Traffic Offenses"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["McNamara"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-01-22"
+last_action: "2021-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b76c76cf-9f56-4391-af85-8af1b3a3543c"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "bb4417d0a954a943923c71af6000a119ef49df084af28a64b407b50198aaf3eb"
+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 HB 5093 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PASSING, USE OF LANES, AND RULES OF THE ROAD (Provides for specific fines and sanctions to operators of motor vehicles who fail to exercise due care to avoid colliding with a vulnerable road user causing injury, serious injury, or death to the vulnerable road user.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5093 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5093A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–4** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **9–50** (fail) · lower
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **60–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-22** 01/22/2021 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-29** 01/29/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/02/2021)
+- **2021-02-02** 02/02/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-03-05** 03/05/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/09/2021)
+- **2021-03-09** 03/09/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Placed on House Calendar (03/25/2021)
+- **2021-03-25** 03/25/2021 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-08** 04/08/2021 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-20** 05/20/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2021)
+- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-05-24** 05/24/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/01/2021)
+- **2021-06-01** 06/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-06** 06/06/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2021)
+- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2021)
+- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b76c76cf-9f56-4391-af85-8af1b3a3543c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+