---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES--GASPEE DAY COMMITTEE (Creates a special fundraising license plate for the Gaspee Days committee.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES--GASPEE DAY COMMITTEE (Creates a special fundraising license plate for the Gaspee Days committee.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 363"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 363 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Plates (M.V.)", "Holidays", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calkin", "Lynch Prata", "McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2375529-c0e8-45e8-a3af-ffd3880944f3"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "1211d47e96f34d1c1b390833009ef5a9de944fc1689e97186373aff18ca28f7c"
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 363 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES--GASPEE DAY COMMITTEE (Creates a special fundraising license plate for the Gaspee Days committee.)

## Version chain

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

1. **363 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0363A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHI — **69–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Calkin — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — 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
- **2017-05-05** 05/05/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/10/2017)
- **2017-05-10** 05/10/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-11** 05/11/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/17/2017)
- **2017-05-17** 05/17/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-05-18** 05/18/2017 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-09-21** 09/21/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-27** 09/27/2017 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/c2375529-c0e8-45e8-a3af-ffd3880944f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).