---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS (Transfers all responsibility for oversize/overweight permitting to the department of transportation and amends and increases fines for all oversize and overweight infractions.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS (Transfers all responsibility for oversize/overweight permitting to the department of transportation and amends and increases fines for all oversize and overweight infractions.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2770"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2770 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Lombardo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-24"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e66011c-795a-42b1-9b3f-408fcb7c05e4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1634bf3f875dc69e5b6f7b1ea63ac3084e56dac8f78e696f270fe47b65df7266"
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 2770 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS (Transfers all responsibility for oversize/overweight permitting to the department of transportation and amends and increases fines for all oversize and overweight infractions.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2770** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2770.pdf)

## Votes

- -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-24** 03/24/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2022)
- **2022-03-29** 03/29/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** 04/05/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/07/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-07** 04/07/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/4e66011c-795a-42b1-9b3f-408fcb7c05e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).