---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES"
description: "Removes the requirement that the applicant for a Bronze Star Medal license plate pay a registration fee or transfer charge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5049"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5049 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Casimiro", "Corvese", "Fellela", "Kennedy", "Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caa45ed1-d2fb-4982-9522-61d14e29642a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a6b041dd525e871a245559c45a48f76c5847f504de2985e289ce9868e63dfe97"
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 5049 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

Removes the requirement that the applicant for a Bronze Star Medal license plate pay a registration fee or transfer charge.

## Version chain

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

1. **5049 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5049A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** 01/15/2025 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2025)
- **2025-02-06** 02/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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/caa45ed1-d2fb-4982-9522-61d14e29642a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).