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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - MOTOR VEHICLES - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS (Allows that the year of manufacture plate need only be attached to the rear of the vehicle.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - MOTOR VEHICLES - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS (Allows that the year of manufacture plate need only be attached to the rear of the vehicle.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 5888"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5888 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Morin", "Ucci"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-03-21"
+last_action: "2019-07-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e6c9643-b0b6-4910-9fc1-79c0a0453d25"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "ded375feb7c75dc1a312bf3802f94457a7a5317b18979fab2d315968766c496d"
+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 5888 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - MOTOR VEHICLES - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS (Allows that the year of manufacture plate need only be attached to the rear of the vehicle.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5888** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5888.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Morin — primary (person)
+- Ucci — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-21** 03/21/2019 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-22** 03/22/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2019)
+- **2019-03-28** 03/28/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2019)
+- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2019)
+- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/27/2019)
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-19** 07/19/2019 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e6c9643-b0b6-4910-9fc1-79c0a0453d25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+