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Read. Follow. Verify.Rhode Island adds $1 traffic fine to fund state crime victim compensation program
Last action · June 4, 2026: Referred to House FinanceSponsors: Ciccone and 5 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Rhode Island law requires drivers to pay an additional $1 fine on all traffic violations—excluding parking tickets—to directly fund the state crime victim compensation program.
Drivers across the state face a mandatory $1 fee increase on non-parking traffic citations, shifting a portion of victim compensation funding onto motorists cited for traffic infractions.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Drivers receiving traffic violations
Motorists receiving traffic tickets must pay an additional $1.00 fee, excluding parking violations.
Crime victims
Receives funding support through the state crime victim compensation program backed by the new traffic fine revenue.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which traffic violations are exempt from the additional $1 fine?
Where do the funds from the $1 traffic fine go?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the Senate · in House committee.
Procedural history
8 actions- Jun 4, 2026CommitteeReferred to House Finance
- Jun 3, 2026FloorSenate read and passed
- May 27, 2026Placed on Senate Calendar (06/03/2026)
- May 26, 2026FloorCommittee recommends passage
- May 22, 2026Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
- Mar 26, 2026Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Show 2 earlier actions
- Mar 24, 2026Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2026)
- Mar 4, 2026IntroducedIntroduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
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Full breakdown
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Sponsors
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Sources
status.rilegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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