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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO WEIGHTS AND MEASURES -- PRODUCE SCALES IN MARKETS (Requires sealers of weights and measures appointed by the cities and towns to receive the same fees as charged by the sealers who perform the same inspecting/testing services.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO WEIGHTS AND MEASURES -- PRODUCE SCALES IN MARKETS (Requires sealers of weights and measures appointed by the cities and towns to receive the same fees as charged by the sealers who perform the same inspecting/testing services.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2851"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2851 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Cities & Towns", "Fees", "Weights & Measures"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Morgan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-03"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5153f50-1d8c-4fc8-b88a-ed8f94120894"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "fe0524af279f72362b81937cec95797203c38ac9d84c480e4f2585ba426346a2"
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 2851 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO WEIGHTS AND MEASURES -- PRODUCE SCALES IN MARKETS (Requires sealers of weights and measures appointed by the cities and towns to receive the same fees as charged by the sealers who perform the same inspecting/testing services.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2851** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2851.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage — **350** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **670** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Morgan — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/10/2018)
- **2018-05-10** 05/10/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-15** 05/15/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/17/2018)
- **2018-05-17** 05/17/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Committee transferred to House Municipal Government
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/b5153f50-1d8c-4fc8-b88a-ed8f94120894`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).