---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - FLASHING VEHICLE LIGHTS (Enables newspaper motor route carriers to have installed upon them forward viewing a rotating amber beam lights.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - FLASHING VEHICLE LIGHTS (Enables newspaper motor route carriers to have installed upon them forward viewing a rotating amber beam lights.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2284"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2284 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Traffic Signals/Sidewalks"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calkin", "Coyne", "DiPalma", "Goodwin", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/841aafd2-d346-4b93-859b-abe13d6aa011"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "e1bbfefe8420c055ee37303660436aabbd288a62f9c5d5367b133480f6c55161"
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 2284 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - FLASHING VEHICLE LIGHTS (Enables newspaper motor route carriers to have installed upon them forward viewing a rotating amber beam lights.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2284 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2284A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- In Concurrence — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calkin — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** 02/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** 03/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2018)
- **2018-03-08** 03/08/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2018)
- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2018)
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-26** 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-28** 06/28/2018 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/841aafd2-d346-4b93-859b-abe13d6aa011`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).