---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates the Ocean State Animal Coalition motor vehicle plate to help raise revenue and subsidize spay and neuter services for cats and dogs.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates the Ocean State Animal Coalition motor vehicle plate to help raise revenue and subsidize spay and neuter services for cats and dogs.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5425"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5425 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals", "Plates (M.V.)", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canario", "Costantino", "Serpa", "Solomon", "Winfield"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8c5df1c-1887-46e5-b398-26d4b0562d28"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "d1c12053db40f264f02f7cd1c075e24dee828522166afe6c59f9996bce461a86"
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 5425 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates the Ocean State Animal Coalition motor vehicle plate to help raise revenue and subsidize spay and neuter services for cats and dogs.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5425 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5425A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **63–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Canario — primary (person)
- Costantino — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Winfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** 02/08/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-04-21** 04/21/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/26/2017)
- **2017-04-26** 04/26/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/30/2017)
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A 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/d8c5df1c-1887-46e5-b398-26d4b0562d28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).