---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION FEES--DISABLED VETERANS (Expands and clarifies what constitutes disability entitling disabled veterans to the waiver of motor vehicle registration fees.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION FEES--DISABLED VETERANS (Expands and clarifies what constitutes disability entitling disabled veterans to the waiver of motor vehicle registration fees.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7054"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7054 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Handicapped", "Motor Vehicles", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Costantino", "Marshall", "O'Brien", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21f67943-c7e3-4d3a-914f-4e984047b739"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "6db6d66838b9f51b2e1f4302bf0c85472ce29b1494e2c19b9b3037e971a677e8"
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 HB 7054 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION FEES--DISABLED VETERANS (Expands and clarifies what constitutes disability entitling disabled veterans to the waiver of motor vehicle registration fees.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7054 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7054A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Costantino — primary (person)
- Marshall — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-03** 01/03/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-19** 04/19/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2018)
- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/21f67943-c7e3-4d3a-914f-4e984047b739`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).