---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE TAX ELIMINATION ACT OF 1998"
description: "Repeals the provision setting a different timeline for reimbursement of East Providence for the FY 2025, and would bring East Providence in line with other municipalities in the timing of reimbursements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2854"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2854 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-22"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a07edaf-bd95-4574-8e09-b36e7907481d"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b8c3c4c475808196c5087209551ec7c538957e156e3f6065e131960cfdf9c3e8"
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 2854 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- MOTOR VEHICLE AND TRAILER EXCISE TAX ELIMINATION ACT OF 1998

Repeals the provision setting a different timeline for reimbursement of East Providence for the FY 2025, and would bring East Providence in line with other municipalities in the timing of reimbursements.

## Version chain

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

1. **2854** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2854.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2024)
- **2024-04-04** 04/04/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/6a07edaf-bd95-4574-8e09-b36e7907481d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).