republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/hb-5766.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- GOLD STAR FAMILIES (Creates and expands eligibility for a special license plate for Gold Star Families.)	AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- GOLD STAR FAMILIES (Creates and expands eligibility for a special license plate for Gold Star Families.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2017	HB 5766	Rhode Island HB 5766 (2017)	bill	Plates (M.V.) Military Affairs Dept. of Administration Motor Vehicles	enacted	Barros Casimiro Donovan Vella-Wilkinson Walsh	1	11	1	2017-03-01	2017-07-18	openstates	ocd-bill/fc1013f7-3cb9-41b7-8ccf-02d5396ce87b	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	fca1856c774692f061a31cd2cebd5aca68b08c23a1a841d8f6f566641949041f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5766 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- GOLD STAR FAMILIES (Creates and expands eligibility for a special license plate for Gold Star Families.)

Version chain

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

1. 5766 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 70–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Barros — primary (person)
• Casimiro — primary (person)
• Donovan — primary (person)
• Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Walsh — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-01 03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-06-12 06/12/2017 Scheduled for hearing (06/14/2017)
• 2017-06-14 06/14/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-06-27 06/27/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
• 2017-06-27 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-27 06/27/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/27/2017)
• 2017-06-27 06/27/2017 House passed Sub A passage
• 2017-06-28 06/28/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2017)
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2017-07-13 07/13/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-07-18 07/18/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fc1013f7-3cb9-41b7-8ccf-02d5396ce87b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).