---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES"
description: "Extends the \"lookback\" period for repeat offenses involving driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs under § 31-27-2 and for repeat offenses related to failure or refusal to submit to chemical tests under § 31-27-2.1 from five to ten years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2937"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2937 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lombardi", "McKenney", "Raptakis", "Sosnowski", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-28"
last_action: "2024-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/762ae17a-942d-4d4a-89d9-0c060bc3fd00"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f5118a41f8cc0cc0ce1c18e710384f2f4e4b42f0a43036d45146a5fd153e0004"
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 2937 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES

Extends the "lookback" period for repeat offenses involving driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs under § 31-27-2 and for repeat offenses related to failure or refusal to submit to chemical tests under § 31-27-2.1 from five to ten years.

## Version chain

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

1. **2937 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2937aa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **58–2** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **31–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lombardi — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-28** 03/28/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-19** 04/19/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2024)
- **2024-04-25** 04/25/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2024)
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-24** 06/24/2024 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/762ae17a-942d-4d4a-89d9-0c060bc3fd00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).