---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates the Ocean State Animal Coalition motor vehicle plate to help raise revenue and subsidize spay and neuter services for cats and dogs.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates the Ocean State Animal Coalition motor vehicle plate to help raise revenue and subsidize spay and neuter services for cats and dogs.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 356"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 356 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals", "Plates (M.V.)", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "Miller", "Pearson", "Ruggerio", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/210f7131-37ba-44da-a5c1-cbc702d1e1c0"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "c9b1de616cb4b3bbe4846613862ef05ac2c41c503b6aa12678405260802c7c79"
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 356 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates the Ocean State Animal Coalition motor vehicle plate to help raise revenue and subsidize spay and neuter services for cats and dogs.)

## Version chain

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

1. **356 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0356A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · legislature
- RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHI — **63–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-16** 02/16/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-02-23** 02/23/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/01/2017)
- **2017-03-01** 03/01/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/30/2017)
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-10-03** 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-05** 10/05/2017 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/210f7131-37ba-44da-a5c1-cbc702d1e1c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).