---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS"
description: "Adds \"loose material\" to the contents of a vehicle that must be covered by a covering that must remain in place until the vehicle's contents are purged from the vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7470"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7470 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Cardillo", "Felix", "Finkelman", "Handy", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Phillips", "Serpa", "Shanley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/242054ed-f334-40a2-8df1-80e15393704b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "8f3cccc343bfc2f45b1b12f43c11e8c07d64ae1dd3b927c959b26c68df6a928d"
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 7470 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS

Adds "loose material" to the contents of a vehicle that must be covered by a covering that must remain in place until the vehicle's contents are purged from the vehicle.

## Version chain

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

1. **7470** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7470.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Cardillo — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Finkelman — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** 02/23/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/29/2024)
- **2024-02-29** 02/29/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (03/14/2024)
- **2024-03-14** 03/14/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Placed on House Calendar (03/21/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-03-21** 03/21/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2024)
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 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/242054ed-f334-40a2-8df1-80e15393704b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).