republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2018/hb-8117.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 -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Requires tax administrator to send written notice to persons failing to file tax returns/pay taxes informing them they will be prevented from renewing operator license/vehicle registration and procedures to contest determination.)	AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Requires tax administrator to send written notice to persons failing to file tax returns/pay taxes informing them they will be prevented from renewing operator license/vehicle registration and procedures to contest determination.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2018	HB 8117	Rhode Island HB 8117 (2018)	bill	Licenses Motor Vehicles Plates (M.V.) Taxation	enacted	Bennett Costantino Lima Marshall Winfield	1	16	2	2018-04-26	2018-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/f8390985-e323-4b3d-ac37-47f69e568edc	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	4bf84ff92d58efe6c918e33e1ee7261a8b9d105588a7d44e38854d6ef6b006ac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 8117 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Requires tax administrator to send written notice to persons failing to file tax returns/pay taxes informing them they will be prevented from renewing operator license/vehicle registration and procedures to contest determination.)

Version chain

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

1. 8117 as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• AS AMENDED — 72–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bennett — primary (person)
• Costantino — primary (person)
• Lima — primary (person)
• Marshall — primary (person)
• Winfield — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-04-26 04/26/2018 Introduced, referred to House Corporations introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-04-27 04/27/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/01/2018)
• 2018-05-01 05/01/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2018-05-11 05/11/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2018)
• 2018-05-15 05/15/2018 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-05-25 05/25/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/29/2018)
• 2018-05-29 05/29/2018 House passed as amended (floor amendment) passage
• 2018-05-31 05/31/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-06-15 06/15/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/19/2018)
• 2018-06-19 06/19/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2018)
• 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Senate passed as amended in concurrence passage
• 2018-07-02 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-07-02 07/02/2018 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f8390985-e323-4b3d-ac37-47f69e568edc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).