---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Amends the contents of what is to be displayed on a motor vehicle registration plate.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Amends the contents of what is to be displayed on a motor vehicle registration plate.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 747"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 747 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Revenue", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Lauria", "Lawson", "McKenney", "Murray", "Quezada", "Raptakis", "Ujifusa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2023-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87c83c30-2611-4938-bb8f-a6c73f24b5e2"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "38bd77edc0d9ffe5e8e909249ef5740efe226e1e20c46bb734b7d98dea299d03"
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 747 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Amends the contents of what is to be displayed on a motor vehicle registration plate.)

## Version chain

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

1. **747** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0747.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Ujifusa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2023)
- **2023-03-29** 03/29/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2023)
- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-24** 05/24/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/01/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 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/87c83c30-2611-4938-bb8f-a6c73f24b5e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).