---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - MOTOR VEHICLES - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS (Allows that the year of manufacture plate need only be attached to the rear of the vehicle.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - MOTOR VEHICLES - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS (Allows that the year of manufacture plate need only be attached to the rear of the vehicle.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 621"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 621 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Seveney", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-14"
last_action: "2019-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f818dbb7-7b06-4aee-b7f3-79b8f68de4a4"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "104262f0b027a7db199eae19eeecce2aea553d2c6a1682be99e10d177d38dd3a"
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 621 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - MOTOR VEHICLES - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS (Allows that the year of manufacture plate need only be attached to the rear of the vehicle.)

## Version chain

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

1. **621** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0621.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-14** 03/14/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** 04/05/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2019)
- **2019-04-10** 04/10/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2019)
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/25/2019)
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-19** 07/19/2019 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f818dbb7-7b06-4aee-b7f3-79b8f68de4a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).