---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND SECURITY INTERESTS (Requires that all vehicle model years prior to 2002 would not be required to be issued a title certificate until ownership is transferred or the current owner creates a security interest in the vehicle.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND SECURITY INTERESTS (Requires that all vehicle model years prior to 2002 would not be required to be issued a title certificate until ownership is transferred or the current owner creates a security interest in the vehicle.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5758"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5758 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees", "Finance", "Motor Vehicles", "Property", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Casey", "Casimiro", "Corvese", "Craven", "J. Lombardi", "Lima", "Noret", "Solomon", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-21"
last_action: "2023-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c51dda9-8f93-4d72-912b-291295988741"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c6af472ed2c1c4cdcfc5c53071f098172227e34171f60cf1d3e6b1d8832d45b7"
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 5758 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND SECURITY INTERESTS (Requires that all vehicle model years prior to 2002 would not be required to be issued a title certificate until ownership is transferred or the current owner creates a security interest in the vehicle.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5758 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5758A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- J. Lombardi — primary (person)
- Lima — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-21** 02/21/2023 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/09/2023)
- **2023-03-09** 03/09/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2023)
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/01/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-21** 06/21/2023 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/6c51dda9-8f93-4d72-912b-291295988741`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).