---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES"
description: "Creates a new motor vehicle registration for \"forestry vehicles.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5098"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5098 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Chippendale", "Cotter", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Kislak", "McGaw", "Shanley", "Speakman", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e75d74f8-bdd3-4504-b4a0-7b96e04358b3"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "8dbc62eebdf5a7506450b7c0e5496191480d63f43fc9653d4d6b96b231d5df47"
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 5098 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

Creates a new motor vehicle registration for "forestry vehicles."

## Version chain

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

1. **5098 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5098Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carson — primary (person)
- Chippendale — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22** 01/22/2025 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `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`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2025)
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 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/e75d74f8-bdd3-4504-b4a0-7b96e04358b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).