---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Amends the grounds on which the DMV may refuse registration for failure to pay a fine to include, interest, penalties, or other monetary amount. Requires the municipality that requests the denial to add and forward an additional $5 fee to the DMV.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Amends the grounds on which the DMV may refuse registration for failure to pay a fine to include, interest, penalties, or other monetary amount. Requires the municipality that requests the denial to add and forward an additional $5 fee to the DMV.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 6213"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6213 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Fees", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Johnston", "Slater", "Tobon", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-05-11"
last_action: "2017-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0333473-77cc-4ca3-a8e8-eaacad3a4a5f"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "a3fc1364c8aad7a915afdd88d9363f6036a5f89080bcc7825dfe41236d576cea"
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 6213 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Amends the grounds on which the DMV may refuse registration for failure to pay a fine to include, interest, penalties, or other monetary amount. Requires the municipality that requests the denial to add and forward an additional $5 fee to the DMV.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6213 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6213A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **55–13** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Johnston — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)
- Tobon — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-11** 05/11/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-06-06** 06/06/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/08/2017)
- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2017)
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2017)
- **2017-06-26** 06/26/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-17** 07/17/2017 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/d0333473-77cc-4ca3-a8e8-eaacad3a4a5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).