---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Amends the contents of what is to be displayed on a motor vehicle registration plate.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Amends the contents of what is to be displayed on a motor vehicle registration plate.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5720"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5720 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Revenue", "Miscellaneous", "Motor Vehicles", "Plates (M.V.)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corvese", "Costantino", "Lima", "Phillips", "Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faab46d6-007e-46fe-a642-f4cda0587637"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "848404be2a80fe2b964946c8742cb9a853d8bd11934abb3148a2225e61cccd46"
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 HB 5720 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Amends the contents of what is to be displayed on a motor vehicle registration plate.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5720** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5720.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corvese — primary (person)
- Costantino — primary (person)
- Lima — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** 02/17/2023 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
- **2023-03-23** 03/23/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-03-31** 03/31/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/05/2023)
- **2023-04-05** 04/05/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Placed on House Calendar (04/20/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** 04/20/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-05-15** 05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2023)
- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/01/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 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/faab46d6-007e-46fe-a642-f4cda0587637`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).