---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES"
description: "Authorizes the division of motor vehicles to issue special license plates in recognition and support of the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2241"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2241 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Euer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af562bea-1417-4c44-80d5-12c125f86f6c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a1e24ee60e8072d1e2d1c6c536d5b81b8377a320b9d07b6e6015178684b60217"
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 2241 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

Authorizes the division of motor vehicles to issue special license plates in recognition and support of the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.

## Version chain

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

1. **2241** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2241.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** 01/24/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2024)
- **2024-03-06** 03/06/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2024)
- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 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/af562bea-1417-4c44-80d5-12c125f86f6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).