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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
| 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 | |||||
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| Bill | AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS (Provides no person may use wireless handset/personal wireless device for texting while driving.) | AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS (Provides no person may use wireless handset/personal wireless device for texting while driving.) | us/states/ri | Rhode Island General Assembly | 2019 | SB 785 | Rhode Island SB 785 (2019) |
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1 | 16 | 2 | 2019-04-04 | 2019-06-28 | openstates | ocd-bill/6ea12cf6-c740-480c-9136-915151232b1e | http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/ | 1e8e7df68ba91c8b222a357b224542a6759fc4ab0fdcdf85b4ba9ff7a91785ed | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Rhode Island SB 785 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS (Provides no person may use wireless handset/personal wireless device for texting while driving.)
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- 785 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passage — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — 73–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Sosnowski — 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 (05/28/2019)
- 2019-05-28 05/28/2019 Committee recommends passage
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-05-29 05/29/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/05/2019)
- 2019-06-05 06/05/2019 Senate read and passed
passage - 2019-06-06 06/06/2019 Referred to House Judiciary
referral-committee - 2019-06-07 06/07/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/11/2019)
- 2019-06-11 06/11/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- 2019-06-14 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
- 2019-06-18 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage 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 in concurrence
passage - 2019-06-28 06/28/2019 Transmitted to Governor
executive-receipt - 2019-06-28 06/28/2019 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6ea12cf6-c740-480c-9136-915151232b1e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).