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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - MOTOR CARRIER TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTS (Renders void and unenforceable any motor transportation contract term indemnifying an indemnitee from or against its own negligence, intentional acts or omissions in contracts entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of the chapter.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - MOTOR CARRIER TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTS (Renders void and unenforceable any motor transportation contract term indemnifying an indemnitee from or against its own negligence, intentional acts or omissions in contracts entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of the chapter.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7308"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7308 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offense", "Labor", "Motor Vehicles", "Public Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Edwards", "Kennedy", "Marshall", "Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/335c9194-81de-4fa8-b48a-3682e1782e80"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "cc06f0abaaafa5a40d32d9d1cd387a41098565815743f7fe2361a435a2ef8a14"
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 HB 7308 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - MOTOR CARRIER TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTS (Renders void and unenforceable any motor transportation contract term indemnifying an indemnitee from or against its own negligence, intentional acts or omissions in contracts entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of the chapter.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **7308 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7308A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **711** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Abney — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Marshall — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-25** 01/25/2018 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** 02/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2018-02-12** 02/12/2018 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/13/2018)
- **2018-02-19** 02/19/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2018)
- **2018-02-27** 02/27/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-26** 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-28** 06/28/2018 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/335c9194-81de-4fa8-b48a-3682e1782e80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).