---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY ADMINISTRATION -- SECURITY (Makes changes to the motor vehicles laws by repealing the sections that require the filing of security or bond with the DMV following a motor vehicle accident in which the operator of the vehicle does not have insurance.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY ADMINISTRATION -- SECURITY (Makes changes to the motor vehicles laws by repealing the sections that require the filing of security or bond with the DMV following a motor vehicle accident in which the operator of the vehicle does not have insurance.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6054"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6054 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Motor Vehicle Insurance", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Batista", "Caldwell", "Knight", "McEntee", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-02"
last_action: "2021-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/437d3949-4f65-4c37-99e1-300c04a9ddc0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "07d0cf0343219e2ef2b3ff104bb76be5957b210d66c722c85d1201ae1ee9a527"
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 6054 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY ADMINISTRATION -- SECURITY (Makes changes to the motor vehicles laws by repealing the sections that require the filing of security or bond with the DMV following a motor vehicle accident in which the operator of the vehicle does not have insurance.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6054** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6054.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Batista — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02** 03/02/2021 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/24/2021)
- **2021-03-24** 03/24/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/15/2021)
- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2021)
- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2021)
- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-12** 07/12/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-14** 07/14/2021 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/437d3949-4f65-4c37-99e1-300c04a9ddc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).