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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS"
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description: "Adds \"loose material\" to the contents of a vehicle that must be covered by a covering that must remain in place until the vehicle's contents are purged from the vehicle."
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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: "SB 2947"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2947 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Burke", "Ciccone", "LaMountain", "Lombardi", "McKenney", "Raptakis", "Sosnowski"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-04-02"
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last_action: "2024-06-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18a411a8-6216-4cfe-9ddd-df816de8242a"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "f4b792bc0e7e93da8df4662f9bc0275382da5e332239944fe2010f874797790c"
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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 2947 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS
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Adds "loose material" to the contents of a vehicle that must be covered by a covering that must remain in place until the vehicle's contents are purged from the vehicle.
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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. **2947** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2947.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Britto — primary (person)
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- Burke — primary (person)
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- Ciccone — primary (person)
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- LaMountain — primary (person)
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- Lombardi — primary (person)
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- McKenney — primary (person)
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- Raptakis — primary (person)
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- Sosnowski — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-04-02** 04/02/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-19** 04/19/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2024)
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- **2024-04-25** 04/25/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2024)
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- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 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/18a411a8-6216-4cfe-9ddd-df816de8242a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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