---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Authorizes the administration of the division of motor vehicles to make available, to Purple Heart Medal recipients, up to two (2) sets of special registration plates.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Authorizes the administration of the division of motor vehicles to make available, to Purple Heart Medal recipients, up to two (2) sets of special registration plates.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7824"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7824 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Corvese", "Hull", "McLaughlin", "McNamara", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-03"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af4dd3b5-e3e9-4ba0-97a2-b337f0a35191"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f8c1bb515a459e6d96a22a729411a0318b7ae43a58da547c0135c2b90506811d"
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 7824 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Authorizes the administration of the division of motor vehicles to make available, to Purple Heart Medal recipients, up to two (2) sets of special registration plates.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7824 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7824A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **61–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- McLaughlin — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-03** 03/03/2022 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`
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/26/2022)
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-04-26** 04/26/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/03/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-03** 05/03/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/01/2022)
- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2022)
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/af4dd3b5-e3e9-4ba0-97a2-b337f0a35191`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).