republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/sb-442.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 -- THREE WHEEL VEHICLES (Provides that three (3)-wheeled motorcycles be included under the licensing requirements of the department of motor vehicles. Effective March 1, 2022.)	AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- THREE WHEEL VEHICLES (Provides that three (3)-wheeled motorcycles be included under the licensing requirements of the department of motor vehicles. Effective March 1, 2022.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	SB 442	Rhode Island SB 442 (2021)	bill	Highways Licenses Motor Cycles/All Terrain Vehicles Motor Vehicles Transportation	enacted	F Lombardi Lombardo McCaffrey Miller Murray Picard Raptakis Sosnowski	1	15	2	2021-02-25	2021-07-14	openstates	ocd-bill/5693ab15-a932-4d9b-861a-bce75dccff4f	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	8116c6b86f63978e181576738e7294fd5d77a488806ca9005cfec227cdadde83	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 442 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- THREE WHEEL VEHICLES (Provides that three (3)-wheeled motorcycles be included under the licensing requirements of the department of motor vehicles. Effective March 1, 2022.)

Version chain

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

1. 442 SUB A as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Approval of Amendment — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage as Amended — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• F Lombardi — primary (person)
• Lombardo — primary (person)
• McCaffrey — primary (person)
• Miller — primary (person)
• Murray — primary (person)
• Picard — primary (person)
• Raptakis — primary (person)
• Sosnowski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-25 02/25/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-26 03/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/31/2021)
• 2021-03-31 03/31/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2021-05-07 05/07/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/12/2021)
• 2021-05-11 05/11/2021 Proposed Substitute
• 2021-05-12 05/12/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-12 05/12/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/18/2021)
• 2021-05-18 05/18/2021 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) passage
• 2021-05-19 05/19/2021 Referred to House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-06-04 06/04/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2021)
• 2021-06-10 06/10/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/30/2021)
• 2021-06-30 06/30/2021 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence passage
• 2021-07-12 07/12/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-07-14 07/14/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5693ab15-a932-4d9b-861a-bce75dccff4f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).