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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS - RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY (Reduces the number of infractions for a person to be considered a \"toll violator\" from twenty (20) to ten (10). The act also reduces the number of infractions for a person to be considered a \"toll evader\" from one hundred (100) to twenty (20).)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS - RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY (Reduces the number of infractions for a person to be considered a \"toll violator\" from twenty (20) to ten (10). The act also reduces the number of infractions for a person to be considered a \"toll evader\" from one hundred (100) to twenty (20).)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 5874"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5874 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Bridges", "Fees"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Canario", "Edwards"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-03-20"
+last_action: "2019-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77529dde-2903-45f7-a5c7-661d0fd4b6f0"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "9a093d73ce29e32b5ef0e2f433ec8a8d91a77c12095173b19dc082b9010332fe"
+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 5874 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS - RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY (Reduces the number of infractions for a person to be considered a "toll violator" from twenty (20) to ten (10). The act also reduces the number of infractions for a person to be considered a "toll evader" from one hundred (100) to twenty (20).)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5874** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5874.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Canario — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-20** 03/20/2019 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-22** 04/22/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2019)
+- **2019-04-25** 04/25/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-06-15** 06/15/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
+- **2019-06-17** 06/17/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2019)
+- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/26/2019)
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 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/77529dde-2903-45f7-a5c7-661d0fd4b6f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+