---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS (Classifies all vehicles used by the department of corrections in the performance official duties as authorized emergency vehicles.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS (Classifies all vehicles used by the department of corrections in the performance official duties as authorized emergency vehicles.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5470"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5470 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Corrections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Canario", "Edwards", "Kennedy", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/993a0fdd-903f-49bd-884c-8787b9fcea66"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "ffc762dc1d65a21aae06fc5c7bda293ea687c4ffe9d4a5ae2964220d78235c33"
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 5470 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS (Classifies all vehicles used by the department of corrections in the performance official duties as authorized emergency vehicles.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5470** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5470.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Canario — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** 02/14/2019 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2019)
- **2019-03-12** 03/12/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2019)
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/25/2019)
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/993a0fdd-903f-49bd-884c-8787b9fcea66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).