---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES"
description: "Creates a special license plate for the charity Real Access Motivates Progress, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7229"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7229 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fascia", "Fellela", "Furtado", "Messier", "Perez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62dd558c-1603-4fe8-8149-c42e9496aea4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "3b3fff932330014e7803279ec7f6c57b2740ca558a2f89c8815e08aeb7b767b9"
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 7229 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

Creates a special license plate for the charity Real Access Motivates Progress, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

## Version chain

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

1. **7229** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7229.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fascia — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Furtado — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Perez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21** 01/21/2026 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/17/2026)
- **2026-03-17** 03/17/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 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 (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 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/62dd558c-1603-4fe8-8149-c42e9496aea4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).