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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - SPECIAL CLASS OF MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION PLATES (Provides that the minimum number of prepaid orders for special motor vehicle registration plate type be five hundred (500) sets of plates per plate type.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - SPECIAL CLASS OF MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION PLATES (Provides that the minimum number of prepaid orders for special motor vehicle registration plate type be five hundred (500) sets of plates per plate type.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7276"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7276 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Fees", "Motor Vehicles", "Plates (M.V.)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "McNamara", "Shanley", "Shekarchi", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-01-24"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a351ff7-c484-49f5-a80a-eedfc02bfe7d"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "603e642719f853a20c90bf1a2be9d3497773a7dd13f73ef9e18f1aff24598fd9"
+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 7276 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - SPECIAL CLASS OF MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION PLATES (Provides that the minimum number of prepaid orders for special motor vehicle registration plate type be five hundred (500) sets of plates per plate type.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7276 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7276A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+- Shekarchi — primary (person)
+- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-24** 01/24/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 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 Senate 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/2a351ff7-c484-49f5-a80a-eedfc02bfe7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+