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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES"
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description: "Extends the \"lookback\" period for repeat offenses involving driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs under § 31-27-2 and for repeat offenses related to failure or refusal to submit to chemical tests under § 31-27-2.1 from five to ten years."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 2937"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2937 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lombardi", "McKenney", "Raptakis", "Sosnowski", "Tikoian"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-03-28"
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last_action: "2024-06-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/762ae17a-942d-4d4a-89d9-0c060bc3fd00"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "f5118a41f8cc0cc0ce1c18e710384f2f4e4b42f0a43036d45146a5fd153e0004"
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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 2937 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES
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Extends the "lookback" period for repeat offenses involving driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs under § 31-27-2 and for repeat offenses related to failure or refusal to submit to chemical tests under § 31-27-2.1 from five to ten years.
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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. **2937 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2937aa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage as Amended — **33–2** (pass) · upper
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **58–2** (pass) · upper
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- Approval of Amendment — **31–4** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lombardi — primary (person)
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- McKenney — primary (person)
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- Raptakis — primary (person)
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- Sosnowski — primary (person)
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- Tikoian — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-03-28** 03/28/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-19** 04/19/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2024)
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- **2024-04-25** 04/25/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2024)
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- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-24** 06/24/2024 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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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/762ae17a-942d-4d4a-89d9-0c060bc3fd00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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