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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION FEES"
+description: "Includes veterans 75 years or older with a combined service connected disability rating of 70% as eligible for disabled veterans license plates."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 2418"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2418 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "Lauria", "Lawson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-30"
+last_action: "2026-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e531228f-cb2f-401a-9349-92d7171aa0ac"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "37381f7e448003c56e38c2af0371afef550a550b79f80b7eee77c2f599c6f797"
+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 2418 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION FEES
+
+Includes veterans 75 years or older with a combined service connected disability rating of 70% as eligible for disabled veterans license plates.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2418** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2418.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- Lauria — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-30** 01/30/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-06** 03/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/11/2026)
+- **2026-03-11** 03/11/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/29/2026)
+- **2026-04-29** 04/29/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-30** 04/30/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/05/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-05-05** 05/05/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-05-06** 05/06/2026 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2026)
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/e531228f-cb2f-401a-9349-92d7171aa0ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+