---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Authorizes the administration of the division of motor vehicles to make available, to Purple Heart Medal recipients, up to two (2) sets of special registration plates.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Authorizes the administration of the division of motor vehicles to make available, to Purple Heart Medal recipients, up to two (2) sets of special registration plates.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2995"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2995 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-06-03"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bf510d3-6c4f-493c-aef8-74077f8ecb2f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c2aab5a3cf22f27a08cbe9c2923a6fc407b67cbc78f99642d1adcc0371e79adf"
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 2995 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Authorizes the administration of the division of motor vehicles to make available, to Purple Heart Medal recipients, up to two (2) sets of special registration plates.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2995** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2995.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- VEHICLES — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2022)
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/3bf510d3-6c4f-493c-aef8-74077f8ecb2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).