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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- OPERATION OF RAILROADS GENERALLY"
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description: "Provides that no train or light engine used in connection with the movement of freight be operated unless it had a crew consisting of at least 2 persons and includes the imposition of fines upon a company, individual or business for violations."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 2913"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2913 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Famiglietti", "Murray", "Patalano", "Thompson", "Urso", "Vargas"]
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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: "2026-03-04"
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last_action: "2026-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b1193fe-3794-42ca-8647-b503d6d895e5"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "b2b77bad7746e7b3cd6971948f545e327fc842f53c3821e181bbbc09b9141417"
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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 2913 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- OPERATION OF RAILROADS GENERALLY
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Provides that no train or light engine used in connection with the movement of freight be operated unless it had a crew consisting of at least 2 persons and includes the imposition of fines upon a company, individual or business for 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. **2913** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2913.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Famiglietti — primary (person)
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- Murray — primary (person)
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- Patalano — primary (person)
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- Thompson — primary (person)
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- Urso — primary (person)
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- Vargas — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-09** 03/09/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2026)
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- **2026-03-12** 03/12/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-05-08** 05/08/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/12/2026)
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- **2026-05-12** 05/12/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-05-13** 05/13/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/19/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-05-19** 05/19/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2026-05-20** 05/20/2026 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
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- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
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- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/0b1193fe-3794-42ca-8647-b503d6d895e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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