---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Makes available special motor vehicle registration plates for the Rhode Island Agricultural Council.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Makes available special motor vehicle registration plates for the Rhode Island Agricultural Council.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 902"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 902 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-11"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c96980fb-328d-4d79-9dd0-f214a0295fbd"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "daa00d78e9d6040d45d3a334fdd94cd90517d4437537f06ef1a1fd837be9a53f"
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 902 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Makes available special motor vehicle registration plates for the Rhode Island Agricultural Council.)

## Version chain

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

1. **902** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0902.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-11** 05/11/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-05-12** 05/12/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2017)
- **2017-05-17** 05/17/2017 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 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on House Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed 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/c96980fb-328d-4d79-9dd0-f214a0295fbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).