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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: "SB 2947"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2947 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Burke", "Ciccone", "LaMountain", "Lombardi", "McKenney", "Raptakis", "Sosnowski"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-04-02"
+last_action: "2024-06-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18a411a8-6216-4cfe-9ddd-df816de8242a"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "f4b792bc0e7e93da8df4662f9bc0275382da5e332239944fe2010f874797790c"
+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 2947 (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. **2947** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2947.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+- Raptakis — primary (person)
+- Sosnowski — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-04-02** 04/02/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-19** 04/19/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2024)
+- **2024-04-25** 04/25/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2024)
+- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House 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/18a411a8-6216-4cfe-9ddd-df816de8242a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+