---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Changes the definition of \"street rod\" motor vehicle to include a reference to its registration certificate and not its title. It also changes the meaning of \"custom vehicle\" by adding a reference to its registration certificate.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Changes the definition of \"street rod\" motor vehicle to include a reference to its registration certificate and not its title. It also changes the meaning of \"custom vehicle\" by adding a reference to its registration certificate.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5607"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5607 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Revenue", "Fees", "Motor Cycles/All Terrain Vehicles", "Motor Vehicles", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Casey", "Casimiro", "Edwards", "Kennedy", "Potter", "Shanley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47133165-96de-40e2-9d54-7c88a2ab106a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0bf761d391440a5006f03ac9b6bf6dadf1c9a1f4fa565bcd7a41332e74461931"
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 5607 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Changes the definition of "street rod" motor vehicle to include a reference to its registration certificate and not its title. It also changes the meaning of "custom vehicle" by adding a reference to its registration certificate.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5607** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5607.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **60–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** 02/15/2023 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** 02/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/01/2023)
- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration
- **2023-03-14** 03/14/2023 Meeting postponed (03/14/2023)
- **2023-03-14** 03/14/2023 Scheduled for consideration (03/17/2023)
- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Placed on House Calendar (03/29/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** 03/29/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-05-15** 05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-22** 06/22/2023 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/47133165-96de-40e2-9d54-7c88a2ab106a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).