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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES"
+description: "Authorizes the division of motor vehicles to issue special license plates in recognition of The Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 2240"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2240 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "Felag", "Gu", "Lombardi", "Sosnowski"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-24"
+last_action: "2024-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97052e75-8491-4d50-9955-89979c5560f1"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "fba5bcb7ac069a1f3aac839931fc87388cd9e1b43ca98044ed085806ea73357c"
+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 2240 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
+
+Authorizes the division of motor vehicles to issue special license plates in recognition of The Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2240** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2240.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Gu — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Sosnowski — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-24** 01/24/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2024)
+- **2024-03-06** 03/06/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2024)
+- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-08** 05/08/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/14/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-05-15** 05/15/2024 Referred to House Special Legislation `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2024)
+- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-15** 06/15/2024 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/97052e75-8491-4d50-9955-89979c5560f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+