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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOBILE TELEPHONE USE (Prohibits the use of a non-hands-free personal wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle, except for public safety personnel or in an emergency situation, and would provide for monetary fines for violations.) AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOBILE TELEPHONE USE (Prohibits the use of a non-hands-free personal wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle, except for public safety personnel or in an emergency situation, and would provide for monetary fines for violations.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2017 HB 5182 Rhode Island HB 5182 (2017)
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Rhode Island HB 5182 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOBILE TELEPHONE USE (Prohibits the use of a non-hands-free personal wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle, except for public safety personnel or in an emergency situation, and would provide for monetary fines for violations.)

Version chain

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

  1. 5182 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 568 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Carson — primary (person)
  • Fogarty — primary (person)
  • Maldonado — primary (person)
  • Regunberg — primary (person)
  • Tanzi — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-01-19 01/19/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary referral-committee, introduction
  • 2017-02-02 02/02/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2017-02-03 02/03/2017 Meeting postponed (02/07/2017)
  • 2017-03-03 03/03/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2017)
  • 2017-03-08 03/08/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
  • 2017-06-16 06/16/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2017)
  • 2017-06-20 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-06-28 06/28/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2017)
  • 2017-06-28 06/28/2017 House read and passed passage
  • 2017-06-30 06/30/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2017)
  • 2017-09-14 09/14/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
  • 2017-09-19 09/19/2017 Senate passed in concurrence passage
  • 2017-09-25 09/25/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2017-09-27 09/27/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5c846f4b-8519-416d-9f59-a63d927689b0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).