---
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).