---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES"
description: "Removes the requirement that applicants for a Bronze Star Medal license plate, pay a registration fee or transfer charge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 76"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 76 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felag", "Gu"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88309e64-7a5e-4a7a-baa1-897b72d7e491"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "de7b7b3c6a8dd5c099724069342d0f08b3af8f181dfb4a4e733194c9a8d9e0fa"
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 76 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

Removes the requirement that applicants for a Bronze Star Medal license plate, pay a registration fee or transfer charge.

## Version chain

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

1. **76 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0076A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Felag — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** 01/23/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2025)
- **2025-03-05** 03/05/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/23/2025)
- **2025-04-25** 04/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2025)
- **2025-04-29** 04/29/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-04-30** 04/30/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/08/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** 05/08/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Referred to House Special Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/27/2025)
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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/88309e64-7a5e-4a7a-baa1-897b72d7e491`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).