---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates a special registration plate for holders of the Eagle Scout badge. The forty dollar ($40.00) surcharge for the plates shall be divided between the general fund and the Narragansett Council of the Boy Scouts of America.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates a special registration plate for holders of the Eagle Scout badge. The forty dollar ($40.00) surcharge for the plates shall be divided between the general fund and the Narragansett Council of the Boy Scouts of America.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2249"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2249 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Plates (M.V.)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Algiere", "Conley", "Kettle", "Lombardo", "McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd5bf0b4-249c-4149-a6d2-20ee0f2b0309"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "bd163f8ab7af9914b1354aa2fe3fd6bb9b33b76479d497d4317d44731a743d89"
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 2249 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates a special registration plate for holders of the Eagle Scout badge. The forty dollar ($40.00) surcharge for the plates shall be divided between the general fund and the Narragansett Council of the Boy Scouts of America.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2249 SUB B as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2249Baa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- RECONSIDERATION — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Algiere — primary (person)
- Conley — primary (person)
- Kettle — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** 02/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** 02/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/14/2018)
- **2018-02-14** 02/14/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-04-20** 04/20/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/25/2018)
- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** 04/26/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/02/2018)
- **2018-05-02** 05/02/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 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 B `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 B `passage`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House held on desk
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House voted to reconsider
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed Sub B as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub B as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-26** 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-29** 06/29/2018 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/fd5bf0b4-249c-4149-a6d2-20ee0f2b0309`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).