---
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: "SB 2663"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2663 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Burke", "Ciccone", "DiPalma", "Tikoian", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79c03f93-6008-48ef-a723-a87a7f6b6582"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ee122203df84d0c663440ddb681a8852e767d62db0084856b717d10327fbf810"
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 2663 (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. **2663** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2663.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **75–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2024)
- **2024-03-28** 03/28/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2024)
- **2024-05-23** 05/23/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House 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/79c03f93-6008-48ef-a723-a87a7f6b6582`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).