---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- FREEWAYS (Eliminates the provision a person who solicits a ride in a motor vehicle or backs up a motor vehicle on a freeway is guilty of a misdemeanor. Adds $100 fine for advertising a motor vehicle for sale on a state highway to the schedule of violations.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- FREEWAYS (Eliminates the provision a person who solicits a ride in a motor vehicle or backs up a motor vehicle on a freeway is guilty of a misdemeanor. Adds $100 fine for advertising a motor vehicle for sale on a state highway to the schedule of violations.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 681"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 681 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advertising", "Highways", "Judiciary", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "F Lombardi", "McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-18"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6df1fc6-c44c-4561-a4f2-ee8f45336af3"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9cbd9e8edd73f6ce7e1c8416dde6a7f622f9bbb0ef01049e456fd75aff9a8004"
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 681 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- FREEWAYS (Eliminates the provision a person who solicits a ride in a motor vehicle or backs up a motor vehicle on a freeway is guilty of a misdemeanor. Adds $100 fine for advertising a motor vehicle for sale on a state highway to the schedule of violations.)

## Version chain

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

1. **681** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0681.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–2** (pass) · upper
- FREEWAYS — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- F Lombardi — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** 04/02/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2021)
- **2021-04-08** 04/08/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/29/2021)
- **2021-04-29** 04/29/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/04/2021)
- **2021-05-04** 05/04/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-05-05** 05/05/2021 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2021)
- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2021)
- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** 06/14/2021 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/e6df1fc6-c44c-4561-a4f2-ee8f45336af3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).