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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS"
+description: "Adds \"loose material\" to the contents of a vehicle that must be covered by a covering that must remain in place until the vehicle's contents are purged from the vehicle."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7470"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7470 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Cardillo", "Felix", "Finkelman", "Handy", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Phillips", "Serpa", "Shanley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-02-02"
+last_action: "2024-06-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/242054ed-f334-40a2-8df1-80e15393704b"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "8f3cccc343bfc2f45b1b12f43c11e8c07d64ae1dd3b927c959b26c68df6a928d"
+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 7470 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS
+
+Adds "loose material" to the contents of a vehicle that must be covered by a covering that must remain in place until the vehicle's contents are purged from the vehicle.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7470** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7470.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Cardillo — primary (person)
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- Finkelman — primary (person)
+- Handy — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-23** 02/23/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/29/2024)
+- **2024-02-29** 02/29/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (03/14/2024)
+- **2024-03-14** 03/14/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Placed on House Calendar (03/21/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-21** 03/21/2024 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2024)
+- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 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/242054ed-f334-40a2-8df1-80e15393704b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+