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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOBILE TELEPHONE USE (Prohibits the use of a non-hands-free personal wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle, except for public safety personnel or in an emergency situation, and would provide for monetary fines for violations.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOBILE TELEPHONE USE (Prohibits the use of a non-hands-free personal wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle, except for public safety personnel or in an emergency situation, and would provide for monetary fines for violations.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 5182"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5182 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Fogarty", "Maldonado", "Regunberg", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-01-19"
+last_action: "2017-09-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c846f4b-8519-416d-9f59-a63d927689b0"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "ee16cb482dc4e55c48900eaa475227ca4e9bc5205ace9e97bfa8a90bbb6dbfa2"
+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 5182 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOBILE TELEPHONE USE (Prohibits the use of a non-hands-free personal wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle, except for public safety personnel or in an emergency situation, and would provide for monetary fines for violations.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5182** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5182.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **56–8** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Maldonado — primary (person)
+- Regunberg — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-19** 01/19/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-02-02** 02/02/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2017-02-03** 02/03/2017 Meeting postponed (02/07/2017)
+- **2017-03-03** 03/03/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2017)
+- **2017-03-08** 03/08/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2017)
+- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2017)
+- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2017)
+- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
+- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-09-25** 09/25/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-09-27** 09/27/2017 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/5c846f4b-8519-416d-9f59-a63d927689b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+