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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS (Amends several provisions relative to truck size and weight limitations to be compatible with federal law.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS (Amends several provisions relative to truck size and weight limitations to be compatible with federal law.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2557"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2557 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Transportation", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Felag", "Goodwin", "Lombardi", "McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e213436f-410a-410e-8943-288c4763bc17"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "200412d978b86242cc00a02d5441c8ec3ff02c9b72d3e0e78520477bfc0d2ff7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---
# Rhode Island SB 2557 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS (Amends several provisions relative to truck size and weight limitations to be compatible with federal law.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2557 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2557A.pdf)
## Votes
- In Concurrence — **350** (pass) · upper
- GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS — **350** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **690** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-03-01** 03/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2018)
- **2018-03-28** 03/28/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** 04/03/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/10/2018)
- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-04-11** 04/11/2018 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/29/2018)
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2018)
- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2018)
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2018)
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e213436f-410a-410e-8943-288c4763bc17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).