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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 8094"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 8094 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dawson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2026-02-27"
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last_action: "2026-06-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24d2aaf2-a241-4048-8a1b-b02904a4cb75"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "fa2588b63926c29af812946b102ffc8c11367434a87ca11a0dd3014a4af8ccab"
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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 HB 8094 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES
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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.
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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. **8094** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8094.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Dawson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/28/2026)
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- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
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- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 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/24d2aaf2-a241-4048-8a1b-b02904a4cb75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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