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type: "Bill"
title: "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.)"
description: "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.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 275"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 275 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Children and Families", "Minors", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Doyle", "Goldin", "Goodwin", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0ad11a7-5247-4df5-bad7-d6195c28c977"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "364ec1c7037c3ce2a23a84708cc21633e48ad38810a3fed13ff2dbd0dda75204"
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 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](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0275.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **720** (pass) · legislature
- CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS — **360** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0ad11a7-5247-4df5-bad7-d6195c28c977`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).