republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5081.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND SECURITY INTERESTS -- VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION CHECKS	Waives the fees for vehicle identification number inspections for veterans, including active duty military personnel and members of the National Guard and military reserves.	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2025	HB 5081	Rhode Island HB 5081 (2025)	bill		enacted	Abney Ackerman Azzinaro Boylan Casimiro Donovan Fellela Giraldo Hull Serpa	1	18	2	2025-01-16	2025-06-17	openstates	ocd-bill/7d68538d-931f-44a3-8bd5-3863c224ab33	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	297fb51877ab8520a0216bb513a81b397003c4f684edcf3491020306639c9a6d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5081 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND SECURITY INTERESTS -- VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION CHECKS

Waives the fees for vehicle identification number inspections for veterans, including active duty military personnel and members of the National Guard and military reserves.

Version chain

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

1. 5081 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 68–0 (pass) · lower
• IN CONCURRENCE — 66–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Abney — primary (person)
• Ackerman — primary (person)
• Azzinaro — primary (person)
• Boylan — primary (person)
• Casimiro — primary (person)
• Donovan — primary (person)
• Fellela — primary (person)
• Giraldo — primary (person)
• Hull — primary (person)
• Serpa — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-16 01/16/2025 Introduced, referred to House Finance introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-02-04 02/04/2025 Committee transferred to House Municipal Government & Housing
• 2025-02-21 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2025)
• 2025-02-27 02/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2025-03-14 03/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/20/2025)
• 2025-03-20 03/20/2025 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-21 03/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/27/2025) reading-3
• 2025-03-27 03/27/2025 House read and passed passage
• 2025-05-02 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs referral-committee
• 2025-05-30 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
• 2025-05-30 05/30/2025 Proposed Substitute substitution
• 2025-06-02 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-09 06/09/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) reading-3
• 2025-06-10 06/10/2025 Senate passed Sub A passage
• 2025-06-10 06/10/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2025) reading-3
• 2025-06-12 06/12/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2025-06-13 06/13/2025 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-06-17 06/17/2025 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7d68538d-931f-44a3-8bd5-3863c224ab33. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).