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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - FLASHING VEHICLE LIGHTS (Enables newspaper motor route carriers to have installed upon them forward viewing a rotating amber beam lights.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - FLASHING VEHICLE LIGHTS (Enables newspaper motor route carriers to have installed upon them forward viewing a rotating amber beam lights.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "SB 2284"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2284 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Traffic Signals/Sidewalks"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Calkin", "Coyne", "DiPalma", "Goodwin", "Seveney"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2018-02-01"
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last_action: "2018-06-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/841aafd2-d346-4b93-859b-abe13d6aa011"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "e1bbfefe8420c055ee37303660436aabbd288a62f9c5d5367b133480f6c55161"
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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 2284 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - FLASHING VEHICLE LIGHTS (Enables newspaper motor route carriers to have installed upon them forward viewing a rotating amber beam lights.)
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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. **2284 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2284A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- In Concurrence — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Calkin — primary (person)
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- Coyne — primary (person)
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- DiPalma — primary (person)
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- Goodwin — primary (person)
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- Seveney — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-01** 02/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-02** 03/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2018)
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- **2018-03-08** 03/08/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2018)
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- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2018)
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- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
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- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
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- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
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- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2018-06-26** 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-06-28** 06/28/2018 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/841aafd2-d346-4b93-859b-abe13d6aa011`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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