---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES GENERALLY"
description: "Authorizes Providence canteen vehicles to be equipped with sirens, whistles or bells and would require operators of any canteen vehicle to receive 5 hours of training in the operation of the vehicle and its emergency equipment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7586"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7586 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardillo", "Costantino", "Diaz", "Fellela", "Fogarty", "Hull", "Lombardi", "Perez", "Shallcross Smith", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b383306-d30e-41ab-80d7-882e3dc58c6e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ad944be32446052244bba0115fd09cfd1d29ffa669390c3af74ab014f32b86de"
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 7586 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES GENERALLY

Authorizes Providence canteen vehicles to be equipped with sirens, whistles or bells and would require operators of any canteen vehicle to receive 5 hours of training in the operation of the vehicle and its emergency equipment.

## Version chain

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

1. **7586** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7586.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cardillo — primary (person)
- Costantino — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Perez — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 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`
- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/02/2024)
- **2024-04-02** 04/02/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-11** 04/11/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-04-16** 04/16/2024 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2024)
- **2024-05-23** 05/23/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/5b383306-d30e-41ab-80d7-882e3dc58c6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).