---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES -- SPECIAL PLATE FOR RHODE ISLAND BOY SCOUTS (Authorizes a special license plate for Rhode Island Boy Scouts, a nonprofit corporation, and establish the fees and other conditions applicable to its issuance.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES -- SPECIAL PLATE FOR RHODE ISLAND BOY SCOUTS (Authorizes a special license plate for Rhode Island Boy Scouts, a nonprofit corporation, and establish the fees and other conditions applicable to its issuance.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7819"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7819 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees", "Motor Vehicles", "Plates (M.V.)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barros", "Casey", "Edwards", "Nunes", "Ucci"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-28"
last_action: "2018-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62418639-53d5-4b7a-991b-a82e5409b694"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "46d3df0a61c4b86c9c0cae6373c2ac7e6745d0b49dcb038d4b9b4ff52a4ab0e8"
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 7819 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES -- SPECIAL PLATE FOR RHODE ISLAND BOY SCOUTS (Authorizes a special license plate for Rhode Island Boy Scouts, a nonprofit corporation, and establish the fees and other conditions applicable to its issuance.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7819 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7819A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barros — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Nunes — primary (person)
- Ucci — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-19** 04/19/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2018)
- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-26** 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-29** 06/29/2018 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/62418639-53d5-4b7a-991b-a82e5409b694`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).