---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for The Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for The Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7097"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7097 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/352ed3ce-0977-437b-b46f-e397a7caacd1"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d933986d087ccdc70c3f9bbc8d19979b9e5cf48033639ffa60f5dee5a6eb1a8c"
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 7097 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for The Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7097** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7097.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **63–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** 01/12/2022 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** 01/21/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2022-01-24** 01/24/2022 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (01/26/2022)
- **2022-02-11** 02/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/15/2022)
- **2022-02-15** 02/15/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2022)
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/31/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 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`
- **2022-07-02** 07/02/2022 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/352ed3ce-0977-437b-b46f-e397a7caacd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).