---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Makes driving under the influence with any child under thirteen (13) years of age in the vehicle a felony punishable by up to five (5) years imprisonment, a five thousand dollar ($5,000) fine, and a loss of license of up to two (2) years.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Makes driving under the influence with any child under thirteen (13) years of age in the vehicle a felony punishable by up to five (5) years imprisonment, a five thousand dollar ($5,000) fine, and a loss of license of up to two (2) years.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2867"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2867 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Families", "Criminal Offense", "Criminal Procedure", "Driver Licenses", "Fees", "Minors", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-05-03"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da661a36-4ad8-4d71-8baa-85dc2cd23c8f"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "aeb870a8e83557676b721618ab6ea3b7306157492ac12f502006cde859226759"
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 2867 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Makes driving under the influence with any child under thirteen (13) years of age in the vehicle a felony punishable by up to five (5) years imprisonment, a five thousand dollar ($5,000) fine, and a loss of license of up to two (2) years.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **2867 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2867A.pdf)

## Votes

- In Concurrence — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/08/2018)
- **2018-05-08** 05/08/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2018)
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-15** 06/15/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/da661a36-4ad8-4d71-8baa-85dc2cd23c8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).