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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PASSING, USE OF LANES, AND RULES OF THE ROAD (Provides for specific fines and sanctions to operators of motor vehicles who fail to exercise due care to avoid colliding with a vulnerable road user causing injury, serious injury, or death to the vulnerable road user.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PASSING, USE OF LANES, AND RULES OF THE ROAD (Provides for specific fines and sanctions to operators of motor vehicles who fail to exercise due care to avoid colliding with a vulnerable road user causing injury, serious injury, or death to the vulnerable road user.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 318"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 318 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts", "Death", "Health & Safety", "Motor Vehicles", "Roads"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Burke", "Coyne", "Euer", "F Lombardi"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-02-18"
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last_action: "2021-06-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a15d500-8262-4cd7-9b59-04c43c5f07a6"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "1a80a1fcc735e0fa4dda8eaf38557f72f8d1066c5fd19cd85310a82a776194d3"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island SB 318 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PASSING, USE OF LANES, AND RULES OF THE ROAD (Provides for specific fines and sanctions to operators of motor vehicles who fail to exercise due care to avoid colliding with a vulnerable road user causing injury, serious injury, or death to the vulnerable road user.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **318 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0318A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **68–3** (pass) · upper
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- AND RULES OF THE ROAD — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Archambault — primary (person)
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- Burke — primary (person)
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- Coyne — primary (person)
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- Euer — primary (person)
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- F Lombardi — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-18** 02/18/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-02** 04/02/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2021)
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- **2021-04-08** 04/08/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/29/2021)
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- **2021-04-28** 04/28/2021 Proposed Substitute
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- **2021-04-29** 04/29/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/04/2021)
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- **2021-05-04** 05/04/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2021-05-05** 05/05/2021 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2021)
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- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/01/2021)
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- **2021-06-01** 06/01/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a15d500-8262-4cd7-9b59-04c43c5f07a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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