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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND SECURITY INTERESTS (Permits the division of motor vehicles to issue a certificate of title to certain types of trailers, including a travel trailer, a fifth wheel trailer, and a park trailer.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND SECURITY INTERESTS (Permits the division of motor vehicles to issue a certificate of title to certain types of trailers, including a travel trailer, a fifth wheel trailer, and a park trailer.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 2488"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2488 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lynch Prata"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-02-15"
+last_action: "2018-06-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ef0d6de-6bfe-4e31-a5a9-c4136becccd6"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "c07d7d7ee23b61e019181d94a5024711941ca6216cc44e438e616a092cc278c0"
+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 SB 2488 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND SECURITY INTERESTS (Permits the division of motor vehicles to issue a certificate of title to certain types of trailers, including a travel trailer, a fifth wheel trailer, and a park trailer.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2488** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2488.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–2** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-22** 02/22/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2018)
+- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for consideration (03/28/2018)
+- **2018-03-28** 03/28/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-04-03** 04/03/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/05/2018)
+- **2018-04-05** 04/05/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2018)
+- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/31/2018)
+- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-06-04** 06/04/2018 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/8ef0d6de-6bfe-4e31-a5a9-c4136becccd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+