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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES Provides additional exception to prohibition on usage of wireless communication device while driving and clarifies that use for purpose of navigation must be while the device is mounted or otherwise affixed to vehicle and not held in the motorist's hand. us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2025 HB 5901 Rhode Island HB 5901 (2025)
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Rhode Island HB 5901 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES

Provides additional exception to prohibition on usage of wireless communication device while driving and clarifies that use for purpose of navigation must be while the device is mounted or otherwise affixed to vehicle and not held in the motorist's hand.

Version chain

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

  1. 5901 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 621 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Casey — primary (person)
  • Corvese — primary (person)
  • DeSimone — primary (person)
  • Hull — primary (person)
  • Kazarian — primary (person)
  • Lima — primary (person)
  • Noret — primary (person)
  • Phillips — primary (person)
  • Read — primary (person)
  • Speakman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-28 02/28/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
  • 2025-02-28 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2025)
  • 2025-03-04 03/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2025-03-21 03/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/25/2025)
  • 2025-03-21 03/21/2025 Proposed Substitute substitution
  • 2025-03-25 03/25/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-28 03/28/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/03/2025) reading-3
  • 2025-04-03 04/03/2025 House passed Sub A passage
  • 2025-05-02 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2025-06-16 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
  • 2025-06-18 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-06-18 06/18/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/20/2025) reading-3
  • 2025-06-20 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
  • 2025-06-27 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2025-07-02 07/02/2025 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b6644bdb-95b2-4ea8-ab3c-1cdb04307875. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).