---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PASSING, USE OF LANES, AND RULES OF THE ROAD"
description: "Adds a provision in the statute relating to one way highways, providing an increased penalty when a motorist travels the wrong way on an interstate highway or an entrance or exit ramp connected to an interstate highway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5640"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5640 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fascia", "Fogarty", "Hull", "Sanchez", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77517086-f84d-4ae9-adf5-6c10282ab775"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "235c8aef4f4a2a02811a3c6a0a81fd87727fe5fa2a863d3b6115951396cc8f69"
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 5640 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PASSING, USE OF LANES, AND RULES OF THE ROAD

Adds a provision in the statute relating to one way highways, providing an increased penalty when a motorist travels the wrong way on an interstate highway or an entrance or exit ramp connected to an interstate highway.

## Version chain

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

1. **5640 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5640aa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **60–2** (pass) · lower
- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fascia — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Sanchez — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2025)
- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/18/2025)
- **2025-03-18** 03/18/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/03/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-04-03** 04/03/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/77517086-f84d-4ae9-adf5-6c10282ab775`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).