---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RHODE ISLAND SALVAGE LAW (Provides that if an insurance company is unable to obtain a certificate of title for a vehicle, the insurance company or its agent may apply for and obtain, free and clear of all liens and claims of ownership, a salvage certificate of title.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RHODE ISLAND SALVAGE LAW (Provides that if an insurance company is unable to obtain a certificate of title for a vehicle, the insurance company or its agent may apply for and obtain, free and clear of all liens and claims of ownership, a salvage certificate of title.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6188"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6188 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Motor Vehicle Insurance", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Cardillo", "Casimiro", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-31"
last_action: "2021-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d87b567a-728b-4d75-bf84-6bdd0fa587d9"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6545a0e53fbede34892bcf2ef8870dfe1df7e24c42efc36ce9c73c7d700fc24e"
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 6188 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RHODE ISLAND SALVAGE LAW (Provides that if an insurance company is unable to obtain a certificate of title for a vehicle, the insurance company or its agent may apply for and obtain, free and clear of all liens and claims of ownership, a salvage certificate of title.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6188 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6188A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Cardillo — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-31** 03/31/2021 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** 04/01/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2021)
- **2021-04-05** 04/05/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-19** 06/19/2021 Scheduled for consideration
- **2021-06-19** 06/19/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-20** 06/20/2021 Meeting postponed (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-20** 06/20/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2021)
- **2021-06-20** 06/20/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-12** 07/12/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-20** 07/20/2021 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/d87b567a-728b-4d75-bf84-6bdd0fa587d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).