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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES"
+description: "Removes the requirement that the applicant for a Bronze Star Medal license plate pay a registration fee or transfer charge."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5049"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5049 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Casimiro", "Corvese", "Fellela", "Kennedy", "Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-15"
+last_action: "2025-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caa45ed1-d2fb-4982-9522-61d14e29642a"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "a6b041dd525e871a245559c45a48f76c5847f504de2985e289ce9868e63dfe97"
+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 5049 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
+
+Removes the requirement that the applicant for a Bronze Star Medal license plate pay a registration fee or transfer charge.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5049 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5049A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-15** 01/15/2025 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2025)
+- **2025-02-06** 02/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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/caa45ed1-d2fb-4982-9522-61d14e29642a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+