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| Bill | AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES | Restores law enforcement discretion, allowing officers to issue a verbal warning when appropriate or pursue misdemeanor or felony charges in more egregious cases where a child is left unattended in a motor vehicle. | us/states/ri | Rhode Island General Assembly | 2026 | HB 8094 | Rhode Island HB 8094 (2026) |
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1 | 11 | 1 | 2026-02-27 | 2026-06-23 | openstates | ocd-bill/24d2aaf2-a241-4048-8a1b-b02904a4cb75 | https://status.rilegislature.gov/ | fa2588b63926c29af812946b102ffc8c11367434a87ca11a0dd3014a4af8ccab | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Rhode Island HB 8094 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES
Restores law enforcement discretion, allowing officers to issue a verbal warning when appropriate or pursue misdemeanor or felony charges in more egregious cases where a child is left unattended in a motor vehicle.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- 8094 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 70–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Dawson — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-02-27 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
introduction, referral-committee - 2026-04-24 04/24/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/28/2026)
- 2026-04-28 04/28/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
committee-failure - 2026-06-06 06/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
- 2026-06-08 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-06-08 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026)
reading-3 - 2026-06-10 06/10/2026 House read and passed
passage - 2026-06-10 06/10/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2026)
reading-3 - 2026-06-11 06/11/2026 Senate passed in concurrence
passage - 2026-06-18 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-06-23 06/23/2026 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/24d2aaf2-a241-4048-8a1b-b02904a4cb75. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).