---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES"
description: "Creates a special license plate for the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Inc. that would support the Blackstone River Valley Environmental Clean-up and Education Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5050"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5050 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Brien", "Casey", "Cruz", "Giraldo", "Marszalkowski", "Messier", "Phillips", "Stewart", "Voas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad9fcde9-badb-4331-903b-4667e2cfd232"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ba29cf8c34cdbdf6dd8c204d196d5905981732f217a1f9ca931d1a078d506ca0"
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 5050 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

Creates a special license plate for the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Inc. that would support the Blackstone River Valley Environmental Clean-up and Education Fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **5050 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5050A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Brien — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Voas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** 01/15/2025 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2025)
- **2025-02-06** 02/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2025)
- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
- **2025-06-11** 06/11/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/ad9fcde9-badb-4331-903b-4667e2cfd232`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).