---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Provides for a judge emeritus license plate for the retired family court judge, Stephen J. Capineri.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Provides for a judge emeritus license plate for the retired family court judge, Stephen J. Capineri.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6402"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6402 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Judges", "Motor Vehicles", "Plates (M.V.)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kazarian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-04"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59925f13-d5a6-4971-a4d3-99d9d9902e36"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b50fe9563f7ffe12e6610b5825d6fc4c2ff09cca02c5b310780c1d93ccb9c6c2"
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 6402 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Provides for a judge emeritus license plate for the retired family court judge, Stephen J. Capineri.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6402** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6402.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kazarian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/16/2021)
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-09** 07/09/2021 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/59925f13-d5a6-4971-a4d3-99d9d9902e36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).