---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Unifies the weight limit of vehicles with special plates, including P.O.W. plates, National Guard plates, and disabled veteran plates, to 12,000 pounds.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Unifies the weight limit of vehicles with special plates, including P.O.W. plates, National Guard plates, and disabled veteran plates, to 12,000 pounds.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 436"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 436 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military Affairs", "Motor Vehicles", "Plates (M.V.)", "Veterans", "Weights & Measures"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Felag", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Murray", "Raptakis", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81509505-4479-42e1-872b-7fcfc2929804"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9a9351855be3b918f7a05fa553527814945451ee2c9f648fcc442403745d7cf7"
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 436 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Unifies the weight limit of vehicles with special plates, including P.O.W. plates, National Guard plates, and disabled veteran plates, to 12,000 pounds.)

## Version chain

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

1. **436 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0436A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** 02/16/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/19/2023)
- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2023)
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-05-17** 05/17/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/25/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 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/81509505-4479-42e1-872b-7fcfc2929804`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).