---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES"
description: "Exempts certain vehicles that are not manufactured with the proper front plate registration bracket from the requirement that motor vehicles display a front facing registration plate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 3265"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3265 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "DiPalma", "Felag", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-05-05"
last_action: "2026-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3f032a6-af7d-44ee-9407-77e0d10c15a0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "00136d0418a26ab7f86109f5604c56256f880ed0421fa1f2ebaca180836b853a"
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 3265 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

Exempts certain vehicles that are not manufactured with the proper front plate registration bracket from the requirement that motor vehicles display a front facing registration plate.

## Version chain

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

1. **3265** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3265.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **56–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-05** 05/05/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/21/2026)
- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/26/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-26** 06/26/2026 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/c3f032a6-af7d-44ee-9407-77e0d10c15a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).