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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - RESPONSIBILITY OF OWNERS OF RENTAL VEHICLES (Provides that violations of chapter 34 of title 31 pertaining to rental vehicles are civil violations subject to the jurisdiction of the Rhode Island traffic tribunal.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - RESPONSIBILITY OF OWNERS OF RENTAL VEHICLES (Provides that violations of chapter 34 of title 31 pertaining to rental vehicles are civil violations subject to the jurisdiction of the Rhode Island traffic tribunal.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 676"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 676 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Courts", "Judiciary", "Motor Vehicles", "Transportation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Euer"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-18"
+last_action: "2021-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bf9ae68-9136-4b64-bd3d-e910fef72faa"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "b83c7c22843c49850239e398984f500cc75eb3391a9afe25a584db58ecf9aae6"
+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 676 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - RESPONSIBILITY OF OWNERS OF RENTAL VEHICLES (Provides that violations of chapter 34 of title 31 pertaining to rental vehicles are civil violations subject to the jurisdiction of the Rhode Island traffic tribunal.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **676** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0676.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- OWNERS OF RENTAL CARS — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Euer — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-02** 04/02/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2021)
+- **2021-04-08** 04/08/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/29/2021)
+- **2021-04-29** 04/29/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/04/2021)
+- **2021-05-04** 05/04/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-05** 05/05/2021 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2021)
+- **2021-06-14** 06/14/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/23/2021)
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 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/0bf9ae68-9136-4b64-bd3d-e910fef72faa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+