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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE TAX ELIMINATION ACT OF 1998"
+description: "Repeals the provision setting a different timeline for reimbursement of East Providence for the FY 2025, and would bring East Providence in line with other municipalities in the timing of reimbursements."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 2854"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2854 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Britto"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-03-22"
+last_action: "2024-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a07edaf-bd95-4574-8e09-b36e7907481d"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "b8c3c4c475808196c5087209551ec7c538957e156e3f6065e131960cfdf9c3e8"
+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 2854 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE TAX ELIMINATION ACT OF 1998
+
+Repeals the provision setting a different timeline for reimbursement of East Providence for the FY 2025, and would bring East Providence in line with other municipalities in the timing of reimbursements.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2854** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2854.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Britto — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2024)
+- **2024-04-04** 04/04/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
+- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/6a07edaf-bd95-4574-8e09-b36e7907481d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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