---
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: "SB 2485"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2485 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Plates (M.V.)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "DaPonte", "DiPalma", "Pearson", "Satchell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/194801dd-7269-48ea-b63d-845bc0009667"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "391fdb9fd7d09856dfd4d60f26bc61de8b0e1b74966c2c6c80aa7e4f6ce8db94"
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 2485 (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. **2485 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2485A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DaPonte — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Satchell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** 02/22/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2018)
- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for consideration (03/28/2018)
- **2018-03-28** 03/28/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** 04/04/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/10/2018)
- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-04-11** 04/11/2018 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/07/2018)
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 House passed Sub A 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/194801dd-7269-48ea-b63d-845bc0009667`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).