republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/sb-175.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
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	SB 175	Rhode Island SB 175 (2017)	bill	Cellular Telephones Telephone Motor Vehicles	enacted	Conley Coyne Lombardi Lombardo Sosnowski	1	18	3	2017-02-01	2017-07-10	openstates	ocd-bill/fc81433d-b899-43c5-8eb5-e554251ed750	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	d63cffc88589a4b95e4ede3cb1e8cc7d78d0ac3f92de9c0a2a3f6cb35872f59e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 175 (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. 175 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• In Concurrence — 35–0 (pass) · legislature
• PASSAGE — 68–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passage — 33–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Conley — primary (person)
• Coyne — primary (person)
• Lombardi — primary (person)
• Lombardo — primary (person)
• Sosnowski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-01 02/01/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-03-21 03/21/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
• 2017-03-22 03/22/2017 Meeting postponed (03/23/2017)
• 2017-03-24 03/24/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2017)
• 2017-03-28 03/28/2017 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-05 04/05/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/11/2017)
• 2017-04-11 04/11/2017 Senate read and passed passage
• 2017-04-12 04/12/2017 Referred to House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-06-24 06/24/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
• 2017-06-27 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-28 06/28/2017 Scheduled for reconsideration (06/28/2017)
• 2017-06-28 06/28/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/29/2017)
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 House passed Sub A passage
• 2017-06-30 06/30/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2017)
• 2017-06-30 06/30/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2017-07-05 07/05/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-07-10 07/10/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fc81433d-b899-43c5-8eb5-e554251ed750. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).