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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION FEES--DISABLED VETERANS (Expands and clarifies what constitutes disability entitling disabled veterans to the waiver of motor vehicle registration fees.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION FEES--DISABLED VETERANS (Expands and clarifies what constitutes disability entitling disabled veterans to the waiver of motor vehicle registration fees.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7054"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7054 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Handicapped", "Motor Vehicles", "Veterans"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Costantino", "Marshall", "O'Brien", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-01-03"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21f67943-c7e3-4d3a-914f-4e984047b739"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "6db6d66838b9f51b2e1f4302bf0c85472ce29b1494e2c19b9b3037e971a677e8"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island HB 7054 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION FEES--DISABLED VETERANS (Expands and clarifies what constitutes disability entitling disabled veterans to the waiver of motor vehicle registration fees.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7054 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7054A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Costantino — primary (person)
+- Marshall — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-03** 01/03/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-19** 04/19/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2018)
+- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2018)
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21f67943-c7e3-4d3a-914f-4e984047b739`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+