---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS"
description: "Includes boats and marine-related assets in the blanket permit available for overweight or over-dimensional vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5730"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5730 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Casey", "Cortvriend", "Edwards", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/165f964d-7881-411b-b81f-0cf4b506db74"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "84f83ec3bcdb6477ad3ccb7da3dcf2e4b722200a68822154f3d6ceac01c9b566"
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 5730 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS

Includes boats and marine-related assets in the blanket permit available for overweight or over-dimensional vehicles.

## Version chain

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

1. **5730 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5730A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boylan — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2025)
- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-04-25** 04/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/29/2025)
- **2025-04-25** 04/25/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-04-29** 04/29/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/13/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/05/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 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/165f964d-7881-411b-b81f-0cf4b506db74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).