---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS -- COMMERCIAL VEHICLES (Prohibits commercial vehicles from operating on Chases Lane in the town of Middletown and provides for fines for violations.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS -- COMMERCIAL VEHICLES (Prohibits commercial vehicles from operating on Chases Lane in the town of Middletown and provides for fines for violations.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7094"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7094 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Cortvriend", "Ruggiero"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35ee9978-e03a-4816-b444-b9210d6944e9"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9a1bf29cd15588f6a2d82f63f4ced392175e99e92948a2f553799bd6b0da2239"
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 7094 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS -- COMMERCIAL VEHICLES (Prohibits commercial vehicles from operating on Chases Lane in the town of Middletown and provides for fines for violations.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7094** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7094.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **63–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abney — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Ruggiero — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** 01/12/2022 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-14** 01/14/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/18/2022)
- **2022-01-18** 01/18/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-03-18** 03/18/2022 Scheduled for consideration (03/22/2022)
- **2022-03-22** 03/22/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Placed on House Calendar (03/29/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-03-29** 03/29/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-04-05** 04/05/2022 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-21** 04/21/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/26/2022)
- **2022-04-26** 04/26/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/03/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-03** 05/03/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-05-03** 05/03/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-11** 05/11/2022 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/35ee9978-e03a-4816-b444-b9210d6944e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).