---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES -- EXPIRATION DATES (Grants the department of motor vehicles administrator the ability to extend expiration dates under certain circumstances that prevent the proper performance of their duties.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES -- EXPIRATION DATES (Grants the department of motor vehicles administrator the ability to extend expiration dates under certain circumstances that prevent the proper performance of their duties.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 950"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 950 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "DiPalma", "Felag", "Kettle", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-08"
last_action: "2017-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6edb2b5a-ad96-4373-b02b-b9b7d98130b1"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "81096b39c0863e8fa47d2d5cc62ec0470c8f4bbd76db1a2abebd70192adaac64"
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 950 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES -- EXPIRATION DATES (Grants the department of motor vehicles administrator the ability to extend expiration dates under certain circumstances that prevent the proper performance of their duties.)

## Version chain

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

1. **950** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0950.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Kettle — 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`
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 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/6edb2b5a-ad96-4373-b02b-b9b7d98130b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).