---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RETAIL SALE OF GASOLINE (Eliminates the requirement that a waiver for fuel content standards be obtained from both weights and measures (DLT) and the department of environmental management (DEM).)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RETAIL SALE OF GASOLINE (Eliminates the requirement that a waiver for fuel content standards be obtained from both weights and measures (DLT) and the department of environmental management (DEM).)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2363"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2363 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment", "Gas", "Gas Stations", "Motor Vehicles", "Weights & Measures"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Ciccone", "DiPalma", "Felag", "Gallo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08a4a099-5a64-4143-9510-c3c5d5a6d179"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "16ec58dd52a5731bfac4662a382f2bb0cd0cd70b4e93c9cec465ab8f3f056fc8"
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 2363 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RETAIL SALE OF GASOLINE (Eliminates the requirement that a waiver for fuel content standards be obtained from both weights and measures (DLT) and the department of environmental management (DEM).)

## Version chain

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

1. **2363** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2363.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** 02/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2018)
- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-04-19** 04/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/25/2018)
- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** 04/26/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/02/2018)
- **2018-05-02** 05/02/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2018)
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2018)
- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 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/08a4a099-5a64-4143-9510-c3c5d5a6d179`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).