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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES"
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description: "Provides additional exception to prohibition on usage of wireless communication device while driving and clarifies that use for purpose of navigation must be while the device is mounted or otherwise affixed to vehicle and not held in the motorist's hand."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 576"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 576 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "McKenney", "Raptakis", "Sosnowski", "Tikoian"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-26"
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last_action: "2025-07-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04717d52-7d95-4053-8f4a-9d7a1663f3d5"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "891fdb5357fde96a37c730b55b97e067d4971c543de5022d16cb1704e1471591"
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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 576 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MISCELLANEOUS RULES
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Provides additional exception to prohibition on usage of wireless communication device while driving and clarifies that use for purpose of navigation must be while the device is mounted or otherwise affixed to vehicle and not held in the motorist's hand.
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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. **576 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0576A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Burke — 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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- Tikoian — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/13/2025)
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- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
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- **2025-06-11** 06/11/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/04717d52-7d95-4053-8f4a-9d7a1663f3d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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