---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT REGISTRATION TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Exempts vehicle owners by a rental company from provisions permitted to the DMV to refuse registration for failure to pay fines including interest, penalties, or other monetary amount.)"
description: "AN ACT REGISTRATION TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Exempts vehicle owners by a rental company from provisions permitted to the DMV to refuse registration for failure to pay fines including interest, penalties, or other monetary amount.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7778"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7778 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees", "Motor Vehicles", "Traffic Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ucci", "Winfield"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-28"
last_action: "2018-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9502e7d3-1143-4a22-8da8-31fd4661657a"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "cfc2540554ec964762377c94e58a78364f9c7f896ee3d606d4960ab46095cba5"
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 7778 (2018) — AN ACT REGISTRATION TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Exempts vehicle owners by a rental company from provisions permitted to the DMV to refuse registration for failure to pay fines including interest, penalties, or other monetary amount.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7778 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7778A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–1** (pass) · lower
- IN CONCURRENCE — **53–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ucci — primary (person)
- Winfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2018)
- **2018-03-27** 03/27/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/10/2018)
- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-18** 04/18/2018 Placed on House Calendar (04/24/2018)
- **2018-04-24** 04/24/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-10** 07/10/2018 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9502e7d3-1143-4a22-8da8-31fd4661657a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).