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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS (Requires infants and toddlers under two (2) years of age or weighing less than thirty pounds (30 lbs.) be retrained in rear-facing car seats.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS (Requires infants and toddlers under two (2) years of age or weighing less than thirty pounds (30 lbs.) be retrained in rear-facing car seats.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 275"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 275 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Children and Families", "Minors", "Motor Vehicles"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Doyle", "Goldin", "Goodwin", "Ruggerio"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-02-15"
+last_action: "2017-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0ad11a7-5247-4df5-bad7-d6195c28c977"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "364ec1c7037c3ce2a23a84708cc21633e48ad38810a3fed13ff2dbd0dda75204"
+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 275 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS (Requires infants and toddlers under two (2) years of age or weighing less than thirty pounds (30 lbs.) be retrained in rear-facing car seats.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **275** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0275.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · legislature
+- CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Doyle — primary (person)
+- Goldin — primary (person)
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+- Ruggerio — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-15** 02/15/2017 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 recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2017)
+- **2017-05-23** 05/23/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-05-25** 05/25/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/31/2017)
+- **2017-05-31** 05/31/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2017-06-01** 06/01/2017 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2017)
+- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/14/2017)
+- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-06-19** 06/19/2017 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/c0ad11a7-5247-4df5-bad7-d6195c28c977`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+