---
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: "SB 77"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 77 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation", "Electricity", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Calkin", "Conley", "Coyne", "Lombardo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebd868b7-2531-41b4-aad4-fe0e0900c6da"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "c30b56321274971a4025b30832895052fab7f53ec610b7c2b5dcf4a83f9860c3"
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 77 (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. **77** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0077.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–4** (pass) · legislature
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Calkin — primary (person)
- Conley — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** 01/18/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-02-10** 02/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/14/2017)
- **2017-02-14** 02/14/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** 02/28/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/02/2017)
- **2017-03-02** 03/02/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2017-03-03** 03/03/2017 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-19** 07/19/2017 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/ebd868b7-2531-41b4-aad4-fe0e0900c6da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).