---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates a Day of Portugal and Portuguese Heritage in RI, Inc. motor vehicle license plate.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates a Day of Portugal and Portuguese Heritage in RI, Inc. motor vehicle license plate.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7865"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7865 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Plates (M.V.)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunha", "Fellela", "Marshall", "Nunes", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-28"
last_action: "2018-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/823a5482-8c59-4ee7-a320-4d773df9c353"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "d3ca3fa3f07af89aa1559a69eb796129d7e5b77e4f0b3fa667aaafe8b61a1d95"
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 7865 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates a Day of Portugal and Portuguese Heritage in RI, Inc. motor vehicle license plate.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7865 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7865aa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cunha — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Marshall — primary (person)
- Nunes — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-24** 04/24/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/26/2018)
- **2018-04-26** 04/26/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2018)
- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/07/2018)
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 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/823a5482-8c59-4ee7-a320-4d773df9c353`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).