republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/hr-5471.md

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Bill	JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $500,000 IN RESTRICTED RECEIPT FUNDING IN THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AN HOSPITALS (Imposes three hundred dollar substance abuse education assessment for any conviction of driving under the influence or refusal to submit to breathalyzer. Funds would be allocated to department of behavioral health and used for substance abuse programs.)	JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $500,000 IN RESTRICTED RECEIPT FUNDING IN THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AN HOSPITALS (Imposes three hundred dollar substance abuse education assessment for any conviction of driving under the influence or refusal to submit to breathalyzer. Funds would be allocated to department of behavioral health and used for substance abuse programs.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	HR 5471	Rhode Island HR 5471 (2021)	resolution	Criminal Offense DUI Motor Vehicles Substance Abuse	enacted	Casimiro Cassar Cortvriend McGaw	1	12	1	2021-02-10	2021-07-09	openstates	ocd-bill/afbf1f33-2742-47a4-bf80-13b6448eb5de	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	54fbed35c5532aac03ff01419594aca5052d5ac95245a08656c1ce6a8850c4aa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HR 5471 (2021) — JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $500,000 IN RESTRICTED RECEIPT FUNDING IN THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AN HOSPITALS (Imposes three hundred dollar substance abuse education assessment for any conviction of driving under the influence or refusal to submit to breathalyzer. Funds would be allocated to department of behavioral health and used for substance abuse programs.)

Version chain

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

1. 5471 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 69–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Casimiro — primary (person)
• Cassar — primary (person)
• Cortvriend — primary (person)
• McGaw — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-10 02/10/2021 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-02-18 02/18/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/23/2021)
• 2021-02-23 02/23/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/30/2021)
• 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Proposed Substitute
• 2021-06-30 06/30/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-30 06/30/2021 Placed on House Calendar (07/01/2021)
• 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 House passed Sub A passage
• 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
• 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2021-07-07 07/07/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-07-09 07/09/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/afbf1f33-2742-47a4-bf80-13b6448eb5de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).