---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RIGHT-OF-WAY"
description: "Amends the general law relative to right-of-way of pedestrians to reference the schedule of violations for the adjudication of traffic offenses contained in § 31.41.1-4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7638"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7638 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brien", "Corvese", "Hopkins", "Noret", "Read"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9442b7d-256d-42d4-ad13-215f5ce5f640"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "979539971ffff749855fbeaccd2db629fd68183b1c8688e9b5b05a2162c21008"
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 7638 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RIGHT-OF-WAY

Amends the general law relative to right-of-way of pedestrians to reference the schedule of violations for the adjudication of traffic offenses contained in § 31.41.1-4.

## Version chain

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

1. **7638** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7638.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brien — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Hopkins — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** 02/11/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/28/2026)
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-24** 06/24/2026 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9442b7d-256d-42d4-ad13-215f5ce5f640`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).