---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND SECURITY INTERESTS (Permits the division of motor vehicles to issue a certificate of title to certain types of trailers, including a travel trailer, a fifth wheel trailer, and a park trailer.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND SECURITY INTERESTS (Permits the division of motor vehicles to issue a certificate of title to certain types of trailers, including a travel trailer, a fifth wheel trailer, and a park trailer.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2488"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2488 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lynch Prata"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ef0d6de-6bfe-4e31-a5a9-c4136becccd6"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "c07d7d7ee23b61e019181d94a5024711941ca6216cc44e438e616a092cc278c0"
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 2488 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND SECURITY INTERESTS (Permits the division of motor vehicles to issue a certificate of title to certain types of trailers, including a travel trailer, a fifth wheel trailer, and a park trailer.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2488** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2488.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–2** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lynch Prata — 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
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for consideration (03/28/2018)
- **2018-03-28** 03/28/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** 04/03/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/05/2018)
- **2018-04-05** 04/05/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2018)
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/31/2018)
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-04** 06/04/2018 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/8ef0d6de-6bfe-4e31-a5a9-c4136becccd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).