---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING RESTRICTIONS (Creates a prohibition on parking in electric vehicle charging stations without using the charging apparatus.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING RESTRICTIONS (Creates a prohibition on parking in electric vehicle charging stations without using the charging apparatus.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 6302"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6302 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Cycles/All Terrain Vehicles", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-06-08"
last_action: "2017-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfbcefa2-a0b6-445b-935c-4f5e88b64ef1"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "ea622594b56b3175c1ef5cfc5fe8f5eae70c1ce7fc3d0e2f15a02bb792f4c02b"
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 6302 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING RESTRICTIONS (Creates a prohibition on parking in electric vehicle charging stations without using the charging apparatus.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **6302** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6302.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Carson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2017)
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-13** 07/13/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 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/bfbcefa2-a0b6-445b-935c-4f5e88b64ef1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).