---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES"
description: "Repeals a provision of the minimum prepaid special motor vehicle registration plate orders law that was set to expire on December 31, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 6399"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6399 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "McNamara", "Read", "Shanley", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-06-06"
last_action: "2025-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17af3468-88a1-4355-9721-16908ac070d6"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "23b0be33a6402ff03d248958a4c7058547be1c269480ea8a054d6df43818cca9"
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 6399 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

Repeals a provision of the minimum prepaid special motor vehicle registration plate orders law that was set to expire on December 31, 2025.

## Version chain

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

1. **6399** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6399.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2025)
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/17af3468-88a1-4355-9721-16908ac070d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).