---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES"
description: "Creates a new motor vehicle registration for \"forestry vehicles\" also provides that forest product operations are permitted uses within all zoning districts of a municipality except where prohibited."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 679"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 679 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-03-07"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1575d335-7793-43e3-8674-59e131c6bcff"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "706dbc367c28e085c0364729c323a174b09426d3f27674d7cb7ec856edc47209"
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 679 (2025) — AN ACT AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

Creates a new motor vehicle registration for "forestry vehicles" also provides that forest product operations are permitted uses within all zoning districts of a municipality except where prohibited.

## Version chain

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

1. **679 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0679aa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **72–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **71–0** (pass) · upper
- RECONSIDERATION — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **72–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **34–2** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **33–4** (pass) · upper
- AS AMENDED — **71–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/15/2025)
- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House voted to reconsider
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 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/1575d335-7793-43e3-8674-59e131c6bcff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).