---
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: "SB 2287"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2287 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offense", "Fees", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "Lombardi", "Lynch Prata", "Pearson", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56654c7e-b0aa-4782-bc9a-171e16a31140"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "7b32b2ae9b054c84ac0dbfe0399ac246e3a8d3ed1114280b654f882c6db9f57d"
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 2287 (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. **2287** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2287.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — 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`
- **2018-03-30** 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 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-16** 05/16/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/22/2018)
- **2018-05-22** 05/22/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2018)
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 House 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/56654c7e-b0aa-4782-bc9a-171e16a31140`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).