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legislation/us/states/ri/2021/hb-6409.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Allows business vehicles which are owned by an entity which a veteran owns, and is registered and authorized to conduct business in the state of Rhode Island, to register such business vehicles with veteran plates.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Allows business vehicles which are owned by an entity which a veteran owns, and is registered and authorized to conduct business in the state of Rhode Island, to register such business vehicles with veteran plates.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 6409"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6409 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Motor Vehicles", "Plates (M.V.)", "Veterans"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Casey", "Fellela", "Kennedy", "Knight", "McLaughlin", "Serpa", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-06-09"
+last_action: "2021-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c3be1de-c9d0-4384-8e2a-48a017840fb8"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "1ad4eeb71ebd3db878ab70dfb35c964d47aed046dbc6fcd1d9f630019e382fea"
+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 6409 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Allows business vehicles which are owned by an entity which a veteran owns, and is registered and authorized to conduct business in the state of Rhode Island, to register such business vehicles with veteran plates.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6409** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6409.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+- McLaughlin — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-06-09** 06/09/2021 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/14/2021)
+- **2021-06-14** 06/14/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-06-19** 06/19/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2021)
+- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2021)
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2021)
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 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/5c3be1de-c9d0-4384-8e2a-48a017840fb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+