---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES"
description: "Allows for a special RI license plate to raise awareness for colon cancer and would be designed by the partnership to reduce cancer in RI and honoring the late Maryellen Goodwin."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7376"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7376 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Cotter", "Cruz", "Donovan", "Edwards", "Fogarty", "Potter", "Shallcross Smith", "Speakman", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/005a0a1c-fa0d-47a1-91fd-f73bf6a33c83"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "136412a918dd4b731cbc41cb0490fbafa3c95ea3e56732cacf1ed8f303a968ae"
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 7376 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

Allows for a special RI license plate to raise awareness for colon cancer and would be designed by the partnership to reduce cancer in RI and honoring the late Maryellen Goodwin.

## Version chain

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

1. **7376 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7376Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carson — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-28** 01/28/2026 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`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed Sub A as amended 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/005a0a1c-fa0d-47a1-91fd-f73bf6a33c83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).