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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Requires the administrator of the division of motor vehicles to prescribe or approve power-of-attorney forms to be used in connection with vehicle registrations.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Requires the administrator of the division of motor vehicles to prescribe or approve power-of-attorney forms to be used in connection with vehicle registrations.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 5767"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5767 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Attorney", "Miscellaneous", "Motor Vehicles", "Public Officers"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Finkelman", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-21"
+last_action: "2023-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ba95e19-9b5b-4feb-bd97-530dc8400164"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "d5c49c69b0dd5c0f65c3e8c03fc2700b8a23c9a5af732d820bfd25b7afa41286"
+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 5767 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Requires the administrator of the division of motor vehicles to prescribe or approve power-of-attorney forms to be used in connection with vehicle registrations.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5767 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5767A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **57–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Baginski — primary (person)
+- Finkelman — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-21** 02/21/2023 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-24** 02/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/01/2023)
+- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/18/2023)
+- **2023-04-18** 04/18/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-21** 04/21/2023 Placed on House Calendar (04/27/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-27** 04/27/2023 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-15** 05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2023)
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-23** 06/23/2023 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/7ba95e19-9b5b-4feb-bd97-530dc8400164`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+