---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - AIRBAG REGULATION (Comprehensively expands the registration of motor vehicle airbags to prohibit the manufacture and importation of substandard airbags and broaden the definition of airbags.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - AIRBAG REGULATION (Comprehensively expands the registration of motor vehicle airbags to prohibit the manufacture and importation of substandard airbags and broaden the definition of airbags.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7125"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7125 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Johnston", "Keable", "Kennedy", "Marshall"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1bd6d6b-b48a-41b9-8a5e-69fd205e0420"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "43e32fb15a5cd421c9b31c91224b8bfd967ca674504632559c5fd23dcb2d1b19"
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 7125 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - AIRBAG REGULATION (Comprehensively expands the registration of motor vehicle airbags to prohibit the manufacture and importation of substandard airbags and broaden the definition of airbags.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7125** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7125.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casey — primary (person)
- Johnston — primary (person)
- Keable — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Marshall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** 01/11/2018 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** 01/26/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/30/2018)
- **2018-01-30** 01/30/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2018)
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/07/2018)
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2018)
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-25** 06/25/2018 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/e1bd6d6b-b48a-41b9-8a5e-69fd205e0420`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).