republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2018/sb-2284.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 - FLASHING VEHICLE LIGHTS (Enables newspaper motor route carriers to have installed upon them forward viewing a rotating amber beam lights.)	AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - FLASHING VEHICLE LIGHTS (Enables newspaper motor route carriers to have installed upon them forward viewing a rotating amber beam lights.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2018	SB 2284	Rhode Island SB 2284 (2018)	bill	Motor Vehicles Traffic Signals/Sidewalks	enacted	Calkin Coyne DiPalma Goodwin Seveney	1	16	3	2018-02-01	2018-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/841aafd2-d346-4b93-859b-abe13d6aa011	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	e1bbfefe8420c055ee37303660436aabbd288a62f9c5d5367b133480f6c55161	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 2284 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - FLASHING VEHICLE LIGHTS (Enables newspaper motor route carriers to have installed upon them forward viewing a rotating amber beam lights.)

Version chain

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

1. 2284 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• In Concurrence — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 69–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Calkin — primary (person)
• Coyne — primary (person)
• DiPalma — primary (person)
• Goodwin — primary (person)
• Seveney — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-01 02/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-02 03/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2018)
• 2018-03-08 03/08/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2018-06-01 06/01/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2018)
• 2018-06-05 06/05/2018 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-06-06 06/06/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2018)
• 2018-06-12 06/12/2018 Senate read and passed passage
• 2018-06-13 06/13/2018 Referred to House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-06-19 06/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
• 2018-06-20 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-06-21 06/21/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
• 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 House passed Sub A passage
• 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 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; origin ocd-bill/841aafd2-d346-4b93-859b-abe13d6aa011. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).