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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: "SB 781"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 781 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Fees"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Seveney", "Valverde"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-04-04"
+last_action: "2019-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f943cd3-98e9-45b5-9895-adbb772c25e8"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "959d394df4edb4d219e9722e66cb65c188683c2cad5d69b317555d79fc211541"
+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 781 (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. **781 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0781A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-04-04** 04/04/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-05** 04/05/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2019)
+- **2019-04-09** 04/09/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-05-23** 05/23/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2019)
+- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-05-30** 05/30/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2019)
+- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-15** 06/15/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
+- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2019)
+- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 House passed Sub A 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/2f943cd3-98e9-45b5-9895-adbb772c25e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+