republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/sb-275.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 -- CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS (Requires infants and toddlers under two (2) years of age or weighing less than thirty pounds (30 lbs.) be retrained in rear-facing car seats.)	AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS (Requires infants and toddlers under two (2) years of age or weighing less than thirty pounds (30 lbs.) be retrained in rear-facing car seats.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2017	SB 275	Rhode Island SB 275 (2017)	bill	Health & Safety Children and Families Minors Motor Vehicles	enacted	DiPalma Doyle Goldin Goodwin Ruggerio	1	16	2	2017-02-15	2017-06-19	openstates	ocd-bill/c0ad11a7-5247-4df5-bad7-d6195c28c977	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	364ec1c7037c3ce2a23a84708cc21633e48ad38810a3fed13ff2dbd0dda75204	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 275 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS (Requires infants and toddlers under two (2) years of age or weighing less than thirty pounds (30 lbs.) be retrained in rear-facing car seats.)

Version chain

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

1. 275 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• IN CONCURRENCE — 72–0 (pass) · legislature
• CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS — 36–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• DiPalma — primary (person)
• Doyle — primary (person)
• Goldin — primary (person)
• Goodwin — primary (person)
• Ruggerio — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-15 02/15/2017 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 recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-05-19 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2017)
• 2017-05-23 05/23/2017 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-25 05/25/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/31/2017)
• 2017-05-31 05/31/2017 Senate read and passed passage
• 2017-06-01 06/01/2017 Referred to House H.E.W. referral-committee
• 2017-06-02 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2017)
• 2017-06-07 06/07/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-09 06/09/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/14/2017)
• 2017-06-14 06/14/2017 House passed in concurrence passage
• 2017-06-14 06/14/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-06-19 06/19/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c0ad11a7-5247-4df5-bad7-d6195c28c977. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).