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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Amends the contents of what is to be displayed on a motor vehicle registration plate.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Amends the contents of what is to be displayed on a motor vehicle registration plate.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 747"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 747 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Dept. of Revenue", "Motor Vehicles"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Lauria", "Lawson", "McKenney", "Murray", "Quezada", "Raptakis", "Ujifusa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-22"
+last_action: "2023-06-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87c83c30-2611-4938-bb8f-a6c73f24b5e2"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "38bd77edc0d9ffe5e8e909249ef5740efe226e1e20c46bb734b7d98dea299d03"
+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 747 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Amends the contents of what is to be displayed on a motor vehicle registration plate.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **747** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0747.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Lauria — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+- Raptakis — primary (person)
+- Ujifusa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2023)
+- **2023-03-29** 03/29/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2023)
+- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-24** 05/24/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/01/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 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/87c83c30-2611-4938-bb8f-a6c73f24b5e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+