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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- LOW-SPEED VEHICLES"
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description: "Provides that low-speed vehicles may be operated on limited access highways, state highways, through highways and public highways or roadways provided the speed limit on the highways and roadways is no more than thirty-five miles per hour (35 m.p.h.)."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 8119"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 8119 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cortvriend", "McGaw"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2024-03-29"
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last_action: "2024-06-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b941ed0-919a-4aa1-a82f-37bbb0dc3d6f"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "62f9847eec3c4eb606ec6095d7e1d3a2acf5a5d25451c376b6d071f1e0b9b6fa"
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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 HB 8119 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- LOW-SPEED VEHICLES
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Provides that low-speed vehicles may be operated on limited access highways, state highways, through highways and public highways or roadways provided the speed limit on the highways and roadways is no more than thirty-five miles per hour (35 m.p.h.).
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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. **8119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8119.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Cortvriend — primary (person)
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- McGaw — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2024)
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- **2024-04-02** 04/02/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2024)
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- **2024-05-15** 05/15/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/22/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2024)
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- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2024)
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- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-28** 06/28/2024 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
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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/5b941ed0-919a-4aa1-a82f-37bbb0dc3d6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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