---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - UNINSURED MOTORIST IDENTIFICATION DATABASE PROCEDURE (Mandates each motor vehicle policy insurer provide a weekly record of each policy to the department of motor vehicles. A vehicle owner not insured for four (4) reporting periods must be notified to meet certain requirements.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - UNINSURED MOTORIST IDENTIFICATION DATABASE PROCEDURE (Mandates each motor vehicle policy insurer provide a weekly record of each policy to the department of motor vehicles. A vehicle owner not insured for four (4) reporting periods must be notified to meet certain requirements.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7607"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7607 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "Edwards", "Keable", "Kennedy", "Marshall"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5158b348-8695-4951-90cf-562664560687"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "daba58537c4c5ed71bde06ab0f22b96d96649857e50d2c4a191d90079db5159f"
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 7607 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - UNINSURED MOTORIST IDENTIFICATION DATABASE PROCEDURE (Mandates each motor vehicle policy insurer provide a weekly record of each policy to the department of motor vehicles. A vehicle owner not insured for four (4) reporting periods must be notified to meet certain requirements.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7607 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7607A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craven — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Keable — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Marshall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-14** 02/14/2018 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** 03/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2018-03-12** 03/12/2018 Meeting postponed (03/13/2018)
- **2018-03-16** 03/16/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2018)
- **2018-03-20** 03/20/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/08/2018)
- **2018-05-08** 05/08/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/22/2018)
- **2018-05-22** 05/22/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-15** 06/15/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 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/5158b348-8695-4951-90cf-562664560687`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).