{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-46-22-9.2","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 46-22-9.2","heading":"Flotation devices — Children.","body":"Any person transporting a child under thirteen (13) years of age in a recreational vessel less than sixty-five (65) feet in length on the waters of this state shall require that the child wear a personal flotation device approved by the United States Coast Guard when underway, unless below deck or in a closed cabin.","path":["Title 46 Waters and Navigation","Chapter 22 Regulation of Boats"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE46/46-22/46-22-9.2.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:01:09Z","sha256":"d992eb16b23cc055a64d0c5ecfd909d74307731f2c890607a4236d9005974d39","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-46-22-9.1","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-46-22-9.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}