---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES -- INSPECTIONS (Authorizes the Exeter town sergeant or designees to conduct division of motor vehicles vehicle identifying number and odometer inspections.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES -- INSPECTIONS (Authorizes the Exeter town sergeant or designees to conduct division of motor vehicles vehicle identifying number and odometer inspections.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5149"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5149 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Exeter", "Miscellaneous", "Motor Vehicles", "Municipal Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casimiro"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98bac098-7304-4224-9c00-3dfe46d9a804"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "68c55af6a95e17a70f53fa7fb5811be00635898e41b7d83174902e3a5b44340c"
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 5149 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES -- INSPECTIONS (Authorizes the Exeter town sergeant or designees to conduct division of motor vehicles vehicle identifying number and odometer inspections.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5149** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5149.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casimiro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** 01/25/2021 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** 02/18/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/22/2021)
- **2021-02-22** 02/22/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2021)
- **2021-06-03** 06/03/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2021)
- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2021)
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-08** 07/08/2021 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/98bac098-7304-4224-9c00-3dfe46d9a804`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).