---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Allows the division of motor vehicles to issue a courtesy registration plate for a vehicle that is registered as street rod or custom vehicle pursuant to § 31-3-31.1)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Allows the division of motor vehicles to issue a courtesy registration plate for a vehicle that is registered as street rod or custom vehicle pursuant to § 31-3-31.1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2484"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2484 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Plates (M.V.)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sheehan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a263d07-b186-4cc1-a14a-83d294d9e9fe"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "4a03d435b30ccd8f7864931e56add117deddbfbbe22217f6838b19e52ca1895c"
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 SB 2484 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Allows the division of motor vehicles to issue a courtesy registration plate for a vehicle that is registered as street rod or custom vehicle pursuant to § 31-3-31.1)

## Version chain

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

1. **2484 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2484Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Approval of Amendment — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sheehan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** 02/22/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2018)
- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/16/2018)
- **2018-05-16** 05/16/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-17** 05/17/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/23/2018)
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/4a263d07-b186-4cc1-a14a-83d294d9e9fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).