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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES"
+description: "Creates a special registration plate for the private passenger motor vehicle for former fire chief of the Hopkins Hill Fire District, Frank M. Brown, Jr."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 6137"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6137 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chippendale", "Nardone", "Noret", "Read", "Roberts", "Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-03-26"
+last_action: "2025-07-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4189dcfb-2133-45d3-8abf-65eebde59f9b"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "ed35c769d944d539dd9cc0224c11a9276fec02a0c06f11cb39fa2d5cd99b10dd"
+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 6137 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
+
+Creates a special registration plate for the private passenger motor vehicle for former fire chief of the Hopkins Hill Fire District, Frank M. Brown, Jr.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6137.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chippendale — primary (person)
+- Nardone — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Roberts — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-26** 03/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2025)
+- **2025-04-09** 04/09/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
+- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage `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 read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Recommended for Immediate Consideration
+- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-05** 07/05/2025 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/4189dcfb-2133-45d3-8abf-65eebde59f9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+