---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- TRANSFER OF VEHICLES (Extends from twenty (20) days to thirty (30) days, the period of time that a newly purchased motor vehicle may be temporarily operated, using the purchaser's current licenses plates.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- TRANSFER OF VEHICLES (Extends from twenty (20) days to thirty (30) days, the period of time that a newly purchased motor vehicle may be temporarily operated, using the purchaser's current licenses plates.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2249"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2249 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Calkin", "Ciccone", "F Lombardi", "Mendes", "Raptakis", "Seveney", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-08"
last_action: "2022-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73ae1fb3-1c61-4b7d-9408-35746d2cc6ff"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "bca293561dc1d08cfaec6ddcd1f1487dc6ffd7c9e720c5ce4d8d92195eca189c"
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 2249 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- TRANSFER OF VEHICLES (Extends from twenty (20) days to thirty (30) days, the period of time that a newly purchased motor vehicle may be temporarily operated, using the purchaser's current licenses plates.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2249** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2249.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Calkin — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- F Lombardi — primary (person)
- Mendes — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-08** 02/08/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/30/2022)
- **2022-03-30** 03/30/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/10/2022)
- **2022-05-10** 05/10/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-10** 05/10/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/12/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-12** 05/12/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 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/73ae1fb3-1c61-4b7d-9408-35746d2cc6ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).