---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION FEES"
description: "Includes veterans 75 years or older with a combined service connected disability rating of 70% as eligible for disabled veterans license plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7096"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7096 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Dawson", "Furtado", "Kazarian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62299876-3d13-4344-8fbf-2e041b19838e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "2703931bfc5a389119abede9e79918efdcec13cf7131e1346924a61efda82790"
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 7096 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION FEES

Includes veterans 75 years or older with a combined service connected disability rating of 70% as eligible for disabled veterans license plates.

## Version chain

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

1. **7096** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7096.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boylan — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Furtado — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** 01/14/2026 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/29/2026)
- **2026-04-29** 04/29/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/62299876-3d13-4344-8fbf-2e041b19838e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).