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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND SECURITY INTERESTS -- VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION CHECKS"
+description: "Waives the fees for vehicle identification number inspections for veterans, including active duty military personnel and members of the National Guard and military reserves."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5081"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5081 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Ackerman", "Azzinaro", "Boylan", "Casimiro", "Donovan", "Fellela", "Giraldo", "Hull", "Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-16"
+last_action: "2025-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d68538d-931f-44a3-8bd5-3863c224ab33"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "297fb51877ab8520a0216bb513a81b397003c4f684edcf3491020306639c9a6d"
+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 5081 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND SECURITY INTERESTS -- VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION CHECKS
+
+Waives the fees for vehicle identification number inspections for veterans, including active duty military personnel and members of the National Guard and military reserves.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5081 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5081A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Abney — primary (person)
+- Ackerman — primary (person)
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Giraldo — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-16** 01/16/2025 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-04** 02/04/2025 Committee transferred to House Municipal Government & Housing
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2025)
+- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/20/2025)
+- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/27/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-09** 06/09/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 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/7d68538d-931f-44a3-8bd5-3863c224ab33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+