---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - ORDINANCES (Allows cities and towns to issue violations to vehicles which are used for illegal dumping of materials, pursuant to city and town ordinances.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - ORDINANCES (Allows cities and towns to issue violations to vehicles which are used for illegal dumping of materials, pursuant to city and town ordinances.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7682"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7682 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Motor Vehicles", "Traffic Offenses", "Waste (Hazardous/Solid/Toxic)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barros", "Johnston", "Maldonado", "Messier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10e4eae0-7424-48f1-ae01-85bc079a43c0"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "4381873dccf77f8ddf69f6503367f94989a1666f421d5d7ee6bdf34b8e87b495"
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 7682 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - ORDINANCES (Allows cities and towns to issue violations to vehicles which are used for illegal dumping of materials, pursuant to city and town ordinances.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7682** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7682.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barros — primary (person)
- Johnston — primary (person)
- Maldonado — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `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
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2018)
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/10e4eae0-7424-48f1-ae01-85bc079a43c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).