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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS"
+description: "Clarifies when mobile equipment can travel on a public highway as an incidentally permitted practice limited to the active participation in an active work zone."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 3034"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 3034 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dimitri", "Thompson", "Tikoian"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-03-05"
+last_action: "2026-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/515c6264-b129-470c-a8a4-968741f023bf"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "6b7e394938614ecf55eca02ede8c9215d6c66c15cf831489fb77f72ac294cf39"
+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 3034 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS
+
+Clarifies when mobile equipment can travel on a public highway as an incidentally permitted practice limited to the active participation in an active work zone.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **3034** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3034.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dimitri — primary (person)
+- Thompson — primary (person)
+- Tikoian — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-03-05** 03/05/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-09** 03/09/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2026)
+- **2026-03-12** 03/12/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2026)
+- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/27/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-05-27** 05/27/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2026)
+- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 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/515c6264-b129-470c-a8a4-968741f023bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+