---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Adds the class of combination vehicles to the list of vehicles eligible for New England Patriots Charitable Foundation registration plates.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Adds the class of combination vehicles to the list of vehicles eligible for New England Patriots Charitable Foundation registration plates.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5761"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5761 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Plates (M.V.)", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Bennett", "Canario", "Fellela", "Johnston"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-01"
last_action: "2017-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa31d5b3-eef7-4afe-8d10-45988e546f4b"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "92e0c8577de1ff4ae6ccdd43542fb02547fb3654e7a63428b21bf6ff045cdf86"
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 5761 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Adds the class of combination vehicles to the list of vehicles eligible for New England Patriots Charitable Foundation registration plates.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5761 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5761A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Canario — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Johnston — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-01** 03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 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`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-13** 07/13/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 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/aa31d5b3-eef7-4afe-8d10-45988e546f4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).