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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- FREEWAYS (Eliminates the provision a person who solicits a ride in a motor vehicle or backs up a motor vehicle on a freeway is guilty of a misdemeanor. Adds $100 fine for advertising a motor vehicle for sale on a state highway to the schedule of violations.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- FREEWAYS (Eliminates the provision a person who solicits a ride in a motor vehicle or backs up a motor vehicle on a freeway is guilty of a misdemeanor. Adds $100 fine for advertising a motor vehicle for sale on a state highway to the schedule of violations.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 681"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 681 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Advertising", "Highways", "Judiciary", "Motor Vehicles"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "F Lombardi", "McCaffrey"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-03-18"
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last_action: "2021-06-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6df1fc6-c44c-4561-a4f2-ee8f45336af3"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "9cbd9e8edd73f6ce7e1c8416dde6a7f622f9bbb0ef01049e456fd75aff9a8004"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island SB 681 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS -- FREEWAYS (Eliminates the provision a person who solicits a ride in a motor vehicle or backs up a motor vehicle on a freeway is guilty of a misdemeanor. Adds $100 fine for advertising a motor vehicle for sale on a state highway to the schedule of violations.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **681** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0681.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–2** (pass) · upper
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- FREEWAYS — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Archambault — primary (person)
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- F Lombardi — primary (person)
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- McCaffrey — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-02** 04/02/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2021)
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- **2021-04-08** 04/08/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/29/2021)
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- **2021-04-29** 04/29/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/04/2021)
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- **2021-05-04** 05/04/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-05** 05/05/2021 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2021)
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- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2021)
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- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-14** 06/14/2021 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6df1fc6-c44c-4561-a4f2-ee8f45336af3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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