---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE REPARATIONS ACT (Provides that financial security is required for any motor vehicle registered or required to be registered in the state of Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE REPARATIONS ACT (Provides that financial security is required for any motor vehicle registered or required to be registered in the state of Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 675"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 675 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance", "Insurance", "Judiciary", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-18"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20ca0ad1-8c83-4064-8cdd-484e402a6f87"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1ab0b85c55765a48ce0e54e89918149ba8ecfd770491e966e6742f8f81a9ca76"
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 675 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE REPARATIONS ACT (Provides that financial security is required for any motor vehicle registered or required to be registered in the state of Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

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

1. **675** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0675.pdf)

## Votes

- REPARATIONS ACT — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 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
- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/13/2021)
- **2021-05-13** 05/13/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/18/2021)
- **2021-05-18** 05/18/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/15/2021)
- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/23/2021)
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 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/20ca0ad1-8c83-4064-8cdd-484e402a6f87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).