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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES -- CASEY'S LAW"
description: "Creates an enhanced penalty defined as \"road rage\" to be applied in addition to penalties for convictions of certain motor vehicle offenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8384"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8384 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Brien", "Casey", "Corvese", "Craven", "Kennedy", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Phillips", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-04-01"
last_action: "2026-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ada9e01-64d9-49f7-9f02-1cc1c39d39fc"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "eaab0d8ce031206b5c5c2ee95cf4598e40fa59bfa4cd30f64521bd610ef624d9"
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 HB 8384 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSES -- CASEY'S LAW
Creates an enhanced penalty defined as "road rage" to be applied in addition to penalties for convictions of certain motor vehicle offenses.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **8384 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8384A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **720** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Brien — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-04-01** 04/01/2026 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`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2026)
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `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 passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-22** 06/22/2026 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/5ada9e01-64d9-49f7-9f02-1cc1c39d39fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).