---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for recipients of the United States Bronze Star Medal.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for recipients of the United States Bronze Star Medal.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7514"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7514 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Edwards", "Vella-Wilkinson", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-16"
last_action: "2022-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e068212e-4a39-4c29-b1cd-8fec42d96b8c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "09b123ff882ea12a6af2d9819f11794a773de2a32672eaf7697ff3e7ce390145"
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 7514 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for recipients of the United States Bronze Star Medal.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7514** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7514.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-16** 02/16/2022 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2022)
- **2022-03-29** 03/29/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2022)
- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/24/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 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/e068212e-4a39-4c29-b1cd-8fec42d96b8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).