republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/hb-5978.md

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Bill	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.)	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.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	HB 5978	Rhode Island HB 5978 (2021)	bill	Courts Highways Judiciary Motor Vehicles Plates (M.V.) Traffic Signals/Sidewalks	enacted	Alzate Baginski Casimiro Edwards Newberry Potter Solomon	1	17	2	2021-02-26	2021-07-14	openstates	ocd-bill/c6d54d47-6ce9-45f4-b8af-68e61fb8fc2a	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	0b4396026cd35c291ecc18aedb90a69b09c0a13c0aff4b347facb295223cdf4a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5978 (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. 5978 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 70–0 (pass) · lower
• IN CONCURRENCE — 65–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alzate — primary (person)
• Baginski — primary (person)
• Casimiro — primary (person)
• Edwards — primary (person)
• Newberry — primary (person)
• Potter — primary (person)
• Solomon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-26 02/26/2021 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-19 03/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/24/2021)
• 2021-03-24 03/24/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2021-06-04 06/04/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2021)
• 2021-06-10 06/10/2021 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-11 06/11/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2021)
• 2021-06-17 06/17/2021 House read and passed passage
• 2021-06-21 06/21/2021 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
• 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
• 2021-06-30 06/30/2021 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; origin ocd-bill/c6d54d47-6ce9-45f4-b8af-68e61fb8fc2a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).