---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Adds the class of combination vehicles to the list of vehicles eligible for New England Patriots Charitable Foundation registration plates.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Adds the class of combination vehicles to the list of vehicles eligible for New England Patriots Charitable Foundation registration plates.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 538"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 538 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Plates (M.V.)", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Goodwin", "Lombardo", "Pearson", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-09"
last_action: "2017-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c46564f-efd9-4730-bd49-91a97e899380"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "cf6866b6f8372202ea31128e282895ab63987f38da0bb4a939cbf28c54d73ec9"
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 538 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Adds the class of combination vehicles to the list of vehicles eligible for New England Patriots Charitable Foundation registration plates.)

## Version chain

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

1. **538 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0538A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-09** 03/09/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-31** 03/31/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2017)
- **2017-04-05** 04/05/2017 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`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-19** 07/19/2017 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/1c46564f-efd9-4730-bd49-91a97e899380`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).