---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- GOLD STAR FAMILIES (Creates and expands eligibility for a special license plate for Gold Star Families.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- GOLD STAR FAMILIES (Creates and expands eligibility for a special license plate for Gold Star Families.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5766"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5766 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Plates (M.V.)", "Military Affairs", "Dept. of Administration", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barros", "Casimiro", "Donovan", "Vella-Wilkinson", "Walsh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-01"
last_action: "2017-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc1013f7-3cb9-41b7-8ccf-02d5396ce87b"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "fca1856c774692f061a31cd2cebd5aca68b08c23a1a841d8f6f566641949041f"
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 5766 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- GOLD STAR FAMILIES (Creates and expands eligibility for a special license plate for Gold Star Families.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **5766 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5766A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barros — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Walsh — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-01** 03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-06-12** 06/12/2017 Scheduled for hearing (06/14/2017)
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-13** 07/13/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 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/fc1013f7-3cb9-41b7-8ccf-02d5396ce87b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).