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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES -- CASEY'S LAW"
+description: "Creates an enhanced penalty defined as \"road rage\" to be applied in addition to penalties for convictions of certain motor vehicle offenses."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 8384"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8384 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Brien", "Casey", "Corvese", "Craven", "Kennedy", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Phillips", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-04-01"
+last_action: "2026-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ada9e01-64d9-49f7-9f02-1cc1c39d39fc"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "eaab0d8ce031206b5c5c2ee95cf4598e40fa59bfa4cd30f64521bd610ef624d9"
+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 8384 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES -- CASEY'S LAW
+
+Creates an enhanced penalty defined as "road rage" to be applied in addition to penalties for convictions of certain motor vehicle offenses.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8384 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8384A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Brien — primary (person)
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-04-01** 04/01/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/28/2026)
+- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2026)
+- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-22** 06/22/2026 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/5ada9e01-64d9-49f7-9f02-1cc1c39d39fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+