---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Allows business vehicles which are owned by an entity which a veteran owns, and is registered and authorized to conduct business in the state of Rhode Island, to register such business vehicles with veteran plates.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Allows business vehicles which are owned by an entity which a veteran owns, and is registered and authorized to conduct business in the state of Rhode Island, to register such business vehicles with veteran plates.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 198"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 198 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Motor Vehicles", "Plates (M.V.)", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["E Morgan", "Felag", "Lawson", "Murray", "Raptakis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ba463f8-bec5-4cc1-bb6d-a1da1772214b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "25b8b9fed85086ea53ce63c31596d377015ba30f5b43c3d01dda6e35c6320e2e"
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 198 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Allows business vehicles which are owned by an entity which a veteran owns, and is registered and authorized to conduct business in the state of Rhode Island, to register such business vehicles with veteran plates.)

## Version chain

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

1. **198 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0198A.pdf)

## Votes

- VEHICLES — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- E Morgan — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/03/2021)
- **2021-03-03** 03/03/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/12/2021)
- **2021-05-11** 05/11/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-05-12** 05/12/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-12** 05/12/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/18/2021)
- **2021-05-18** 05/18/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Referred to House Special Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Committee transferred to House State Government & Elections
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2021)
- **2021-06-14** 06/14/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-19** 06/19/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 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/4ba463f8-bec5-4cc1-bb6d-a1da1772214b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).