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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SPEED RESTRICTIONS (Requires those vehicles traveling on any roadway or highway to move over to the left lane or slow down upon approaching a nonemergency vehicle that is stationary on the side of any roadway or highway.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SPEED RESTRICTIONS (Requires those vehicles traveling on any roadway or highway to move over to the left lane or slow down upon approaching a nonemergency vehicle that is stationary on the side of any roadway or highway.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 5294"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5294 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Highways", "Medical", "Motor Vehicles", "Roads", "Transportation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Felix", "Hull", "J. Lombardi", "McNamara", "Newberry", "Slater", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-01"
+last_action: "2023-06-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4db84241-46f1-4e8a-a54c-165076c09242"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "2f8489c9eeaa49968f3c27ef91887260843cab9c15616692b9dff90ce7a4f551"
+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 5294 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SPEED RESTRICTIONS (Requires those vehicles traveling on any roadway or highway to move over to the left lane or slow down upon approaching a nonemergency vehicle that is stationary on the side of any roadway or highway.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5294 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5294A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- J. Lombardi — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Newberry — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-01** 02/01/2023 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-10** 02/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/14/2023)
+- **2023-02-14** 02/14/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/16/2023)
+- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for reconsideration (05/23/2023)
+- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/01/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 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/4db84241-46f1-4e8a-a54c-165076c09242`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+