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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: "SB 75"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 75 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Ciccone", "Felag", "Lauria", "Raptakis", "Tikoian"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-23"
+last_action: "2025-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb8bbc69-cb0c-42ff-945b-82cd445e5ab9"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "4ee2be275ec4842027ca2375390dbba3ff0478f29b2282ad23ca33a6b82dd6c4"
+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 75 (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. **75 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0075aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–1** (pass) · upper
+- Passage as Amended — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- Approval of Amendment — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Lauria — primary (person)
+- Raptakis — primary (person)
+- Tikoian — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-23** 01/23/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2025-02-24** 02/24/2025 Meeting postponed (02/26/2025)
+- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2025)
+- **2025-03-05** 03/05/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
+- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/23/2025)
+- **2025-04-25** 04/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2025)
+- **2025-04-30** 04/30/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/08/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-08** 05/08/2025 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2025)
+- **2025-06-04** 06/04/2025 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-09** 06/09/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 House passed as amended 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/eb8bbc69-cb0c-42ff-945b-82cd445e5ab9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+