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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS"
+description: "Includes boats and marine-related assets in the blanket permit available for overweight or over-dimensional vehicles."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5730"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5730 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Casey", "Cortvriend", "Edwards", "Speakman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-26"
+last_action: "2025-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/165f964d-7881-411b-b81f-0cf4b506db74"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "84f83ec3bcdb6477ad3ccb7da3dcf2e4b722200a68822154f3d6ceac01c9b566"
+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 5730 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS
+
+Includes boats and marine-related assets in the blanket permit available for overweight or over-dimensional vehicles.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5730 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5730A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2025)
+- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-04-25** 04/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/29/2025)
+- **2025-04-25** 04/25/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-04-29** 04/29/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/13/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
+- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/05/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 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/165f964d-7881-411b-b81f-0cf4b506db74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+