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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS (Requires that motor vehicle accident reports be transmitted by the law enforcement agency or their contract agent within fourteen (14) days of preparing the report to the department of transportation.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS (Requires that motor vehicle accident reports be transmitted by the law enforcement agency or their contract agent within fourteen (14) days of preparing the report to the department of transportation.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 120"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 120 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Police & Fire", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Burke", "Ciccone", "DiPalma", "de la Cruz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca3bfff8-44e5-43bc-9c6c-a293365a8d12"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "bf9540957412c2dba242f75e39b7c30a95e1a3e2e1538c84a02f33107000a4a6"
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 120 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT REPORTS (Requires that motor vehicle accident reports be transmitted by the law enforcement agency or their contract agent within fourteen (14) days of preparing the report to the department of transportation.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **120 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0120A.pdf)
## Votes
- ACCIDENT REPORTS — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Archambault — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- de la Cruz — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-26** 01/26/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/01/2021)
- **2021-03-01** 03/01/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2021)
- **2021-06-20** 06/20/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/24/2021)
- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-12** 07/12/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-14** 07/14/2021 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/ca3bfff8-44e5-43bc-9c6c-a293365a8d12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).