Modernizes and clarifies Rhode Island�s truck size and weight laws, including oversize/overweight permitting and enforcement penalties.

Modernizes and clarifies Rhode Island�s truck size and weight laws, including oversize/overweight permitting and enforcement penalties.

Empowers the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) to issue permits authorizing operation of vehicles, loads, or combinations that exceed statutory size or weight limits, including:

Non?divisible loads (loads that cannot be broken down further) over the standard limits, including weights above 80,000 lbs.

Oversize combinations exceeding length, width, or profile limits.

The section has been clarified and reorganized to make permitting requirements more direct and operationally transparent.

Pending Committee action.

02/11/2026 Introduced. Referred to House Committee on State Government & Elections.