---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - AUTOMATED SCHOOL-ZONE-SPEED-ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM (Provides for more conspicuous signage at automated school-zone-speed-enforcement system locations and allows for a graduated penalty system with a warning for a first offense.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - AUTOMATED SCHOOL-ZONE-SPEED-ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM (Provides for more conspicuous signage at automated school-zone-speed-enforcement system locations and allows for a graduated penalty system with a warning for a first offense.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7956"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7956 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Traffic Offenses", "Traffic Signals/Sidewalks"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "Diaz", "Kennedy", "McEntee", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-15"
last_action: "2018-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7813fb6-df78-4510-a528-34b04e99fa07"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "d2eff14a589f8f11510b384a26dca7feb505cb695b2986712a7fa7c1c0d32be6"
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 7956 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - AUTOMATED SCHOOL-ZONE-SPEED-ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM (Provides for more conspicuous signage at automated school-zone-speed-enforcement system locations and allows for a graduated penalty system with a warning for a first offense.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7956 SUB B as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7956Baa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **57–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craven — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-15** 03/15/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2018)
- **2018-04-03** 04/03/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2018)
- **2018-05-15** 05/15/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/24/2018)
- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub B as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed Sub B as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-10** 07/10/2018 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7813fb6-df78-4510-a528-34b04e99fa07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).