---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES"
description: "Creates a special registration plate for the private passenger motor vehicle for former fire chief of the Hopkins Hill Fire District, Frank M. Brown, Jr."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 6137"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6137 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chippendale", "Nardone", "Noret", "Read", "Roberts", "Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-03-26"
last_action: "2025-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4189dcfb-2133-45d3-8abf-65eebde59f9b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ed35c769d944d539dd9cc0224c11a9276fec02a0c06f11cb39fa2d5cd99b10dd"
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 6137 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

Creates a special registration plate for the private passenger motor vehicle for former fire chief of the Hopkins Hill Fire District, Frank M. Brown, Jr.

## Version chain

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

1. **6137** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6137.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chippendale — primary (person)
- Nardone — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-26** 03/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2025)
- **2025-04-09** 04/09/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage `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 read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Recommended for Immediate Consideration
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-05** 07/05/2025 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4189dcfb-2133-45d3-8abf-65eebde59f9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).