---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS (Amends several provisions relative to truck size and weight limitations to be compatible with federal law.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS (Amends several provisions relative to truck size and weight limitations to be compatible with federal law.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7776"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7776 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Transportation", "Motor Vehicles", "Weights & Measures"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casimiro", "Marszalkowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-28"
last_action: "2018-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ee2c1fd-d85e-4eb7-852e-672b0165e3d9"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "334c7f2b79171ae5913cfb1583b3c6885edb8c28f8bbb379a8dbe7436a9a05bd"
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 7776 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS (Amends several provisions relative to truck size and weight limitations to be compatible with federal law.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7776 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7776A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Marszalkowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** 03/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2018-03-12** 03/12/2018 Meeting postponed (03/13/2018)
- **2018-03-16** 03/16/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2018)
- **2018-03-20** 03/20/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/08/2018)
- **2018-05-08** 05/08/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/23/2018)
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/30/2018)
- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2018)
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 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/5ee2c1fd-d85e-4eb7-852e-672b0165e3d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).