---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- TRANSFER OF VEHICLES (Same as 21H-6274 -- Extends from twenty (20) days to thirty (30) days, the period of time that a newly purchased motor vehicle may be temporarily operated, using the purchaser's current licenses plates.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- TRANSFER OF VEHICLES (Same as 21H-6274 -- Extends from twenty (20) days to thirty (30) days, the period of time that a newly purchased motor vehicle may be temporarily operated, using the purchaser's current licenses plates.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 6645"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6645 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Biah", "Cardillo", "Chippendale", "Cortvriend", "Fenton-Fung", "McGaw", "Messier", "Potter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-06"
last_action: "2022-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6688b598-e6ad-4554-adf5-850047ef46b7"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5f0719fa656af93582af1843fb093c98f69a9dec83bf4f0c30bbe0a429e511ee"
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 6645 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- TRANSFER OF VEHICLES (Same as 21H-6274 -- Extends from twenty (20) days to thirty (30) days, the period of time that a newly purchased motor vehicle may be temporarily operated, using the purchaser's current licenses plates.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6645** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H6645.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baginski — primary (person)
- Biah — primary (person)
- Cardillo — primary (person)
- Chippendale — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Fenton-Fung — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06** 01/06/2022 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/31/2022)
- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 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/6688b598-e6ad-4554-adf5-850047ef46b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).