---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES"
description: "Authorizes the division of motor vehicles to issue special license plates in recognition of The Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7066"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7066 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38902e74-5d6a-467e-982a-634aca531250"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "3dbf94e84d383ea1ae98f52ef7238ce097af591d8ec6995cb0f0199cb6888ec5"
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 7066 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

Authorizes the division of motor vehicles to issue special license plates in recognition of The Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation.

## Version chain

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

1. **7066** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7066.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **56–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** 01/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** 01/12/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/18/2024)
- **2024-01-18** 01/18/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/02/2024)
- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/09/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** 05/09/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-13** 05/13/2024 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2024)
- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-15** 06/15/2024 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/38902e74-5d6a-467e-982a-634aca531250`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).