---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION FEES"
description: "Disabled veteran license plate may be transferred to veterans' spouse or issued to veteran or veterans spouse."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8614"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8614 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Dawson", "Furtado", "Kazarian", "Messier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-06-04"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ab0a65f-d883-429d-926e-7a791795edab"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5174958be9eee611d25f554a157b1eef6e8cabe42b6bdf9cda43d8abbb091c8f"
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 8614 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION FEES

Disabled veteran license plate may be transferred to veterans' spouse or issued to veteran or veterans spouse.

## Version chain

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

1. **8614** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8614.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boylan — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Furtado — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Introduced, referred to House Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-06-07** 06/07/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2026)
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/7ab0a65f-d883-429d-926e-7a791795edab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).