---
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: "SB 2240"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2240 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "Felag", "Gu", "Lombardi", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97052e75-8491-4d50-9955-89979c5560f1"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "fba5bcb7ac069a1f3aac839931fc87388cd9e1b43ca98044ed085806ea73357c"
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 2240 (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. **2240** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2240.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** 01/24/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2024)
- **2024-03-06** 03/06/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2024)
- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-08** 05/08/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/14/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-15** 05/15/2024 Referred to House Special Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2024)
- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House 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/97052e75-8491-4d50-9955-89979c5560f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).