---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES-SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES (Makes available special motor vehicle registration plates for the Salt Water Anglers Association.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES-SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES (Makes available special motor vehicle registration plates for the Salt Water Anglers Association.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5137"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5137 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Plates (M.V.)", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Casimiro", "Regunberg", "Shekarchi", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7fbf3a1-19c5-4a98-a814-7d74afe4bf35"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "935fde1c9fa2e53cfb85c7dc0e8e9ef5f07417f6103ea8a47a8d4be8167c608c"
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 5137 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES-SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES (Makes available special motor vehicle registration plates for the Salt Water Anglers Association.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5137.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Regunberg — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** 01/18/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-04-28** 04/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/02/2017)
- **2017-05-02** 05/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/30/2017)
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on House Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-10-03** 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-05** 10/05/2017 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/b7fbf3a1-19c5-4a98-a814-7d74afe4bf35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).