---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS"
description: "Provides a series of updates to size, weight, and load regulations for commercial and specialized vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 3002"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3002 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKenney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-03-04"
last_action: "2026-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3afff37e-ea60-41c3-8fc2-222fecdc84ff"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9e92d00aae84ec5d36006945d80831999f73ca184f59a40407f3c10ab32a5c8e"
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 3002 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS

Provides a series of updates to size, weight, and load regulations for commercial and specialized vehicles.

## Version chain

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

1. **3002 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3002aa.pdf)

## Votes

- Approval of Amendment — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **33–3** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McKenney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/25/2026)
- **2026-03-25** 03/25/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/29/2026)
- **2026-04-29** 04/29/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-30** 04/30/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/14/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-14** 05/14/2026 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2026)
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 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/3afff37e-ea60-41c3-8fc2-222fecdc84ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).