Rhode Island legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island S3034: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS (Clarifies when mobile equipment can travel on a public highway as an incidentally permitted practice limited to the active participation in an active work zone.)
Status: Signed into law, June 23, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, March 5, 2026:
2026 -- S 3034 ======== LC005134 ======== STATEOFRHODEISLAND IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026 ____________ ANACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS Introduced By: Senators Dimitri, Tikoian, and Thompson Date Introduced: March 05, 2026 Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government (Dept. of Transportation) It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: SECTION 1. Section 31-1-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-1 entitled "Definitions and General Code Provisions" is hereby amended to read as follows: 31-1-9. Mobile equipment. "Mobile equipment" means every vehicle not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property and only incidentally operated or moved over a highway, including but not limited to: ditch digging apparatus, well boring apparatus, and road construction or maintenance machinery such as asphalt spreaders, bituminous mixers, bucket loaders, tractors other than truck tractors, ditchers, leveling graders, finishing machines, motor graders, road rollers, scarifiers, earth moving carry-alls and scrapers, power shovels and drag lines, and self-propelled cranes and earth moving equipment. The term does not include house trailers, dump trucks, truck mounted transit mixers, cranes, or shovels, or other vehicles designed for the transportation of persons or property to which machinery has been attached. For the purposes of this section "incidentally" means actively participating in work in an active work zone, …
Sponsors
- Andrew Dimitri (D, SD-025) · primary sponsor
- David Tikoian (D, SD-022)
- Brian Thompson (D, SD-020)
Latest actions
- : Signed by Governor
- : Transmitted to Governor
- : House passed in concurrence
- : Placed on House Calendar
- : Committee recommends passage in concurrence
- : Scheduled for consideration
- : Referred to House State Government & Elections
- : Senate read and passed
- : Placed on Senate Calendar
- : Committee recommends passage
Votes
- House Seq #350: PASSAGE IN CONCURRENCE (June 8, 2026): 68 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Committee on State Government & Elections: Passage in concurrence (June 4, 2026): 10 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Seq #249: (May 27, 2026): 37 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government: Passage (May 21, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Committee on Housing & Municipal Government: Passage (March 12, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES
Common questions
- What is S3034?
- S3034 is a bill in the Rhode Island Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS (Clarifies when mobile equipment can travel on a public highway as an incidentally permitted practice limited to the active participation in an active work zone.).
- What is the status of S3034?
- Signed into law as of June 23, 2026. Latest action: Signed by Governor (June 23, 2026).
- Who sponsored S3034?
- Andrew Dimitri (D, SD-025), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S3034?
- On the Rhode Island Legislature website: http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3034.pdf
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