---
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: "SB 2033"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2033 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees", "Motor Vehicles", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Conley", "Felag", "Gallo", "Lynch Prata"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3916b47-4f31-4b9f-9140-d89a2296b762"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "3d6322960f07f06e401acc51a1ee8d05763fae5ed6257cf771ba0356314e109f"
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 2033 (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. **2033 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2033A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Conley — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** 01/11/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** 02/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/07/2018)
- **2018-02-07** 02/07/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-04-27** 04/27/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/02/2018)
- **2018-05-02** 05/02/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/09/2018)
- **2018-05-09** 05/09/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-05-10** 05/10/2018 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `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 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/f3916b47-4f31-4b9f-9140-d89a2296b762`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).