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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: "SB 175"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 175 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cellular Telephones", "Telephone", "Motor Vehicles"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Conley", "Coyne", "Lombardi", "Lombardo", "Sosnowski"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-02-01"
+last_action: "2017-07-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc81433d-b899-43c5-8eb5-e554251ed750"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "d63cffc88589a4b95e4ede3cb1e8cc7d78d0ac3f92de9c0a2a3f6cb35872f59e"
+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 SB 175 (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. **175 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0175A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- In Concurrence — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Conley — primary (person)
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Lombardo — primary (person)
+- Sosnowski — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-01** 02/01/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-03-21** 03/21/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2017-03-22** 03/22/2017 Meeting postponed (03/23/2017)
+- **2017-03-24** 03/24/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2017)
+- **2017-03-28** 03/28/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-05** 04/05/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/11/2017)
+- **2017-04-11** 04/11/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2017-04-12** 04/12/2017 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Scheduled for reconsideration (06/28/2017)
+- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/29/2017)
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2017)
+- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-07-05** 07/05/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-07-10** 07/10/2017 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/fc81433d-b899-43c5-8eb5-e554251ed750`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+