---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Subjects toll violators of out-of-state tolled projects to license and registration denial under certain circumstances)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Subjects toll violators of out-of-state tolled projects to license and registration denial under certain circumstances)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 949"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 949 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Licenses", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "DiPalma", "Felag", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-06-08"
last_action: "2017-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d576e030-fab8-486e-8a34-928061833991"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "747d350525e0417ef609f01a25e0bd2682b55c9b7cd92878d5214fb13c3becfe"
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 949 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Subjects toll violators of out-of-state tolled projects to license and registration denial under certain circumstances)

## Version chain

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

1. **949 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0949A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · legislature
- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHI — **69–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/20/2017)
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2017)
- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Referred to House Judiciary `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 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **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 `passage`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-09-25** 09/25/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-28** 09/28/2017 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/d576e030-fab8-486e-8a34-928061833991`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).