---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- THREE WHEEL VEHICLES (Provides that three (3)-wheeled motorcycles be included under the licensing requirements of the department of motor vehicles. Effective March 1, 2022.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- THREE WHEEL VEHICLES (Provides that three (3)-wheeled motorcycles be included under the licensing requirements of the department of motor vehicles. Effective March 1, 2022.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 442"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 442 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways", "Licenses", "Motor Cycles/All Terrain Vehicles", "Motor Vehicles", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["F Lombardi", "Lombardo", "McCaffrey", "Miller", "Murray", "Picard", "Raptakis", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5693ab15-a932-4d9b-861a-bce75dccff4f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "8116c6b86f63978e181576738e7294fd5d77a488806ca9005cfec227cdadde83"
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 442 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- THREE WHEEL VEHICLES (Provides that three (3)-wheeled motorcycles be included under the licensing requirements of the department of motor vehicles. Effective March 1, 2022.)

## Version chain

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

1. **442 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0442Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Approval of Amendment — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- F Lombardi — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Picard — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/31/2021)
- **2021-03-31** 03/31/2021 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 as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2021)
- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-12** 07/12/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-14** 07/14/2021 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/5693ab15-a932-4d9b-861a-bce75dccff4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).