---
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: "SB 346"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 346 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Exeter", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "E Morgan", "Paolino", "Picard", "Rogers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75ebab6d-8ad1-474f-869a-3fb15287ebcd"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4dcb39d846226df4b34c3eea91b9a10fe17f351c245590cf25d80b65281022bc"
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 346 (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. **346** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0346.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- E Morgan — primary (person)
- Paolino — primary (person)
- Picard — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** 03/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/11/2021)
- **2021-03-11** 03/11/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2021)
- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2021)
- **2021-06-01** 06/01/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-19** 06/19/2021 Scheduled for consideration
- **2021-06-20** 06/20/2021 Meeting postponed (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-20** 06/20/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2021)
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/25/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 House 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/75ebab6d-8ad1-474f-869a-3fb15287ebcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).