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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RHODE ISLAND SALVAGE LAW (Provides that if an insurance company is unable to obtain a certificate of title for a vehicle, the insurance company or its agent may apply for and obtain, free and clear of all liens and claims of ownership, a salvage certificate of title.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RHODE ISLAND SALVAGE LAW (Provides that if an insurance company is unable to obtain a certificate of title for a vehicle, the insurance company or its agent may apply for and obtain, free and clear of all liens and claims of ownership, a salvage certificate of title.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 774"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 774 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Insurance", "Motor Vehicle Insurance", "Motor Vehicles", "Property"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-04-01"
+last_action: "2021-07-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88c967da-5554-4979-8306-4290a4d73a20"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "c14a28446cf158995e1051646561450e85a8f8bdb7f781b21e0a1c6726913057"
+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 774 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RHODE ISLAND SALVAGE LAW (Provides that if an insurance company is unable to obtain a certificate of title for a vehicle, the insurance company or its agent may apply for and obtain, free and clear of all liens and claims of ownership, a salvage certificate of title.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **774 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0774A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SALVAGE LAW — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-04-01** 04/01/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/03/2021)
+- **2021-06-03** 06/03/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-06-27** 06/27/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2021)
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-12** 07/12/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-20** 07/20/2021 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/88c967da-5554-4979-8306-4290a4d73a20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+