---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for recipients of the United States Bronze Star Medal.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for recipients of the United States Bronze Star Medal.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2136"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2136 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felag", "Gallo", "Lombardo", "Murray", "Raptakis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-25"
last_action: "2022-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b72f62f-bfa1-4095-b65b-1d1a345e3991"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b4d4aec302afcbd0b0d66f03fe5ac673b153c623aca6ce73d56a497583d541ce"
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 2136 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for recipients of the United States Bronze Star Medal.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2136** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2136.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **65–0** (pass) · upper
- OF VEHICLES — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Felag — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-25** 01/25/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/30/2022)
- **2022-03-30** 03/30/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-05** 04/05/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/07/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-07** 04/07/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Referred to House Special Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/02/2022)
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/09/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 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/4b72f62f-bfa1-4095-b65b-1d1a345e3991`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).