---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ADJUDICATION OF TRAFFIC OFFENSES (Removes the $25.00 limit on tuition for a motorist to attend a driver education course, and would allow a judge or magistrate to delay the imposition of a suspension or revocation of a driver's license or registration for a period up to 30 days.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ADJUDICATION OF TRAFFIC OFFENSES (Removes the $25.00 limit on tuition for a motorist to attend a driver education course, and would allow a judge or magistrate to delay the imposition of a suspension or revocation of a driver's license or registration for a period up to 30 days.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 680"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 680 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judges", "Judiciary", "Licenses", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Burke", "F Lombardi", "McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-18"
last_action: "2021-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23616e9f-e99b-4e28-bb7f-e876ad3c23f2"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "37b994639cf04d8f46e80fb78e2c0c04ee63aaba7f4034d78b1012cc16666d9e"
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 680 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ADJUDICATION OF TRAFFIC OFFENSES (Removes the $25.00 limit on tuition for a motorist to attend a driver education course, and would allow a judge or magistrate to delay the imposition of a suspension or revocation of a driver's license or registration for a period up to 30 days.)

## Version chain

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

1. **680 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0680A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–8** (pass) · upper
- TRAFFIC OFFENSES — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- F Lombardi — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — 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
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration
- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-03** 06/03/2021 Meeting postponed (06/03/2021)
- **2021-06-03** 06/03/2021 Meeting postponed (06/03/2021)
- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on House Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-14** 07/14/2021 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/23616e9f-e99b-4e28-bb7f-e876ad3c23f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).