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legislation/us/states/ri/2026/sb-3265.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES"
+description: "Exempts certain vehicles that are not manufactured with the proper front plate registration bracket from the requirement that motor vehicles display a front facing registration plate."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 3265"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 3265 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "DiPalma", "Felag", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "Tikoian"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-05-05"
+last_action: "2026-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3f032a6-af7d-44ee-9407-77e0d10c15a0"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "00136d0418a26ab7f86109f5604c56256f880ed0421fa1f2ebaca180836b853a"
+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 3265 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
+
+Exempts certain vehicles that are not manufactured with the proper front plate registration bracket from the requirement that motor vehicles display a front facing registration plate.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **3265** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3265.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **37–1** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **56–9** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- Tikoian — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-05-05** 05/05/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/21/2026)
+- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/26/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-26** 06/26/2026 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/c3f032a6-af7d-44ee-9407-77e0d10c15a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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