---
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: "SB 401"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 401 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bonds", "Health & Safety", "Health Insurance", "Insurance", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "F Lombardi", "McCaffrey", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4196fde7-a647-48b0-8495-ed09cf6fd13b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "51714ff77f4a1d1f9a2d6d46ed63dd58fb6a890fe85ef7131d29f43bfafd718e"
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 401 (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. **401** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0401.pdf)

## Votes

- ADMINISTRATION -- SECURITY — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- F Lombardi — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 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
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2021)
- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2021)
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House 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/4196fde7-a647-48b0-8495-ed09cf6fd13b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).