Senate Bill #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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2018-02-01: Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
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2018-03-02: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2018)
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2018-03-08: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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2018-06-01: Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2018)
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2018-06-05: Committee recommends passage
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2018-06-06: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2018)
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2018-06-12: Senate read and passed
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2018-06-13: Referred to House Judiciary
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2018-06-19: Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
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2018-06-20: Placed on the House Consent Calendar
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2018-06-20: Committee recommends passage of Sub A
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2018-06-21: Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/21/2018)
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2018-06-21: Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
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2018-06-22: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
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2018-06-22: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2018)
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2018-06-22: House passed Sub A
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2018-06-23: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
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2018-06-26: Transmitted to Governor
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2018-06-28: Signed by Governor
Changes since original draft
2018 – S 2284- 2018 – S 2284 SUBSTITUTE A
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LC004484- LC004484/SUB A
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- S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D
- IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
- JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018
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- A N A C T
- RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - FLASHING VEHICLE LIGHTS
- Introduced By: Senators Seveney, Coyne, Calkin, DiPalma, and Goodwin
- Date Introduced: February 01, 2018
- Referred To: Senate Judiciary
- It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
- SECTION 1. Section 31-24-31 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-24 entitled "Lighting Equipment and Reflectors" is hereby amended to read as follows:
- 31-24-31. Flashing lights – Forward viewing or rotary beam lights.
- (a) Flashing lights are prohibited, except on an authorized emergency vehicle, school bus, snow removal equipment, or on any vehicle as a means for indicating a right or left turn. However, the requirements of § 31-24-33 shall be deemed to be satisfied if the vehicle is equipped with lamps at the front mounted at the same level, displaying simultaneously flashing white or amber lights, and at the rear mounted at the same level, and displaying simultaneously flashing red lights, all of which lights shall be visible from a distance of not less than five hundred feet (500').
- (b) Forward viewing or rotating beam lights may be installed on and shall be restricted to the following categories of vehicles, and these lights shall be of color designated:
- (1) Emergency response vehicles of any fire, rescue, or ambulance department, fire chiefs, assistant fire chiefs, deputy chiefs, captains; any privately owned vehicle of any authorized volunteer member of a fire, rescue, or ambulance department; emergency management agency directors, assistant directors, assistant medical examiners and/or forensic pathologists of the office of state medical examiners; rescue vehicles, emergency response vehicles of the department of environmental management and the division of state fire marshal; school buses; hospital emergency response vehicles; and two (2) American Red Cross disaster vehicles: Red, white and/or alternating flashing white;
- (2) Wrecker trucks, service station trucks, state and town safety and maintenance vehicles; snowplows and tractors; light company trucks, telephone company trucks, water company trucks, oil company trucks, and other utilities' trucks; vehicles of television, radio and press photographers; newspaper motor route carriers; rural mail carriers; all motor-propelled vehicles owned by the Northern Rhode Island REACT (radio emergency associated citizens team); all motor-propelled vehicles owned by or under contract to the Rhode Island department of transportation when on official state business; and vehicles marking the beginning and end of funeral processions: Amber, provided, however, that wrecker and transportation vehicles operated pursuant to a public utilities commission license, and roadside assistance vehicles of any type operated for that purpose by the American Automobile Association shall be permitted to use flashing amber lights at the front and rear of the vehicle, to be activated only in the course of providing assistance to or transportation for a disabled vehicle. A fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be charged for the issuance of a flashing lights permit to every vehicle identified in this subsection, with the exception of flashing lights permits issued to state, town or fire district safety and maintenance vehicles, which shall not be charged a fee.
- (3) Police units, state and local: Center rotating beam lights: Blue or red; Outboard mounted lights: Blue or red.
- (4) Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.- SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on January 1, 2019.
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LC004484- LC004484/SUB A
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- EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL- BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
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- A N A C T
- RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - FLASHING VEHICLE LIGHTS
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- This act would enable newspaper motor route carriers to have installed upon them forward viewing a rotating amber beam lights.
This act would take effect upon passage. ======== LC004484 ========- This act would take effect on January 1, 2019. ======== LC004484/SUB A ========
Votes
NOTE: Electronic voting records are unofficial and may not be accurate. For an official vote tally, check the
House or Senate Journal from the day of the vote.
June 12, 2018 at 5:39pm
Yeas: 36 /
Nays: 0 /
Not voting: 1 /
Recused: 0
June 22, 2018 at 4:36pm
Yeas: 69 /
Nays: 0 /
Not voting: 6 /
Recused: 0
Floor vote for Passage
In Concurrence
June 23, 2018 at 4:45pm
Yeas: 33 /
Nays: 0 /
Not voting: 4 /
Recused: 0