---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Grants a judge or magistrate the discretion to impose the requirement of blood and/or urine testing or the use of the ignition interlock system.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Grants a judge or magistrate the discretion to impose the requirement of blood and/or urine testing or the use of the ignition interlock system.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 314"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 314 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "DUI", "Drugs", "Judges", "Liquor", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Burke", "Coyne", "Euer", "F Lombardi", "Goodwin", "McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd2c315a-8ecb-4737-828d-d79926eff3d4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1775269836a7fbda13fba79b966d74061064855a6d2ccaefef8d5932d166a23c"
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 314 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES (Grants a judge or magistrate the discretion to impose the requirement of blood and/or urine testing or the use of the ignition interlock system.)

## Version chain

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

1. **314 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0314aa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **66–0** (pass) · upper
- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **67–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- F Lombardi — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** 02/18/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** 04/02/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2021)
- **2021-04-08** 04/08/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2021)
- **2021-06-03** 06/03/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/08/2021)
- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 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/fd2c315a-8ecb-4737-828d-d79926eff3d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).