---
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: "SB 774"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 774 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Motor Vehicle Insurance", "Motor Vehicles", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-04-01"
last_action: "2021-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88c967da-5554-4979-8306-4290a4d73a20"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c14a28446cf158995e1051646561450e85a8f8bdb7f781b21e0a1c6726913057"
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 774 (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. **774 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0774A.pdf)

## Votes

- SALVAGE LAW — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-01** 04/01/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/03/2021)
- **2021-06-03** 06/03/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-27** 06/27/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2021)
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House 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/88c967da-5554-4979-8306-4290a4d73a20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).