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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS (Provides no person may use wireless handset/personal wireless device for texting while driving.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS (Provides no person may use wireless handset/personal wireless device for texting while driving.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 785"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 785 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Sosnowski"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-04-04"
+last_action: "2019-06-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ea12cf6-c740-480c-9136-915151232b1e"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "1e8e7df68ba91c8b222a357b224542a6759fc4ab0fdcdf85b4ba9ff7a91785ed"
+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 785 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS (Provides no person may use wireless handset/personal wireless device for texting while driving.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **785** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0785.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Sosnowski — 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 (05/28/2019)
+- **2019-05-28** 05/28/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/05/2019)
+- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/11/2019)
+- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
+- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage 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 in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/6ea12cf6-c740-480c-9136-915151232b1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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