---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SPEED RESTRICTIONS (Requires those vehicles traveling on any roadway or highway to move over to the left lane or slow down upon approaching a nonemergency vehicle that is stationary on the side of any roadway or highway.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SPEED RESTRICTIONS (Requires those vehicles traveling on any roadway or highway to move over to the left lane or slow down upon approaching a nonemergency vehicle that is stationary on the side of any roadway or highway.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 88"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 88 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Highways", "Motor Vehicles", "Roads", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Ciccone", "F. Lombardi", "Felag", "Raptakis", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aada3155-d8e0-4df9-bb8c-97163b95c162"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "28290cbdf9521e91c9977e98c1fd9f2876ff75e232d87f3d467459643f8d0dfd"
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 88 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SPEED RESTRICTIONS (Requires those vehicles traveling on any roadway or highway to move over to the left lane or slow down upon approaching a nonemergency vehicle that is stationary on the side of any roadway or highway.)

## Version chain

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

1. **88 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0088A.pdf)

## Votes

- VEHICLES SPEED RESTRICTIONS — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · upper
- In Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- F. Lombardi — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** 02/01/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** 02/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2023)
- **2023-02-28** 02/28/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-04-28** 04/28/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/04/2023)
- **2023-05-04** 05/04/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/11/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** 05/11/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/16/2023)
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for reconsideration (05/23/2023)
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/01/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 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/aada3155-d8e0-4df9-bb8c-97163b95c162`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).