republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2019/sb-781.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY (Reduces the number of infractions for a person to be considered a "toll violator" from twenty (20) to ten (10). The act also reduces the number of infractions for a person to be considered a "toll evader" from one hundred (100) to twenty (20).)	AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY (Reduces the number of infractions for a person to be considered a "toll violator" from twenty (20) to ten (10). The act also reduces the number of infractions for a person to be considered a "toll evader" from one hundred (100) to twenty (20).)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2019	SB 781	Rhode Island SB 781 (2019)	bill	Fees	enacted	Coyne DiPalma Euer Seveney Valverde	1	15	2	2019-04-04	2019-07-08	openstates	ocd-bill/2f943cd3-98e9-45b5-9895-adbb772c25e8	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	959d394df4edb4d219e9722e66cb65c188683c2cad5d69b317555d79fc211541	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 781 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY (Reduces the number of infractions for a person to be considered a "toll violator" from twenty (20) to ten (10). The act also reduces the number of infractions for a person to be considered a "toll evader" from one hundred (100) to twenty (20).)

Version chain

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

1. 781 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• IN CONCURRENCE — 73–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Coyne — primary (person)
• DiPalma — primary (person)
• Euer — primary (person)
• Seveney — primary (person)
• Valverde — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-04-04 04/04/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-04-05 04/05/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2019)
• 2019-04-09 04/09/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2019-05-23 05/23/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2019)
• 2019-05-29 05/29/2019 Proposed Substitute
• 2019-05-30 05/30/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-06-04 06/04/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2019)
• 2019-06-06 06/06/2019 Senate passed Sub A passage
• 2019-06-07 06/07/2019 Referred to House Finance referral-committee
• 2019-06-15 06/15/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
• 2019-06-18 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-06-18 06/18/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2019)
• 2019-06-20 06/20/2019 House passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2019-07-03 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-07-08 07/08/2019 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2f943cd3-98e9-45b5-9895-adbb772c25e8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).