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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND SECURITY INTERESTS -- VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION CHECKS"
description: "Waives the fees for vehicle identification number inspections for veterans, including active duty military personnel and members of the National Guard and military reserves."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 75"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 75 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Ciccone", "Felag", "Lauria", "Raptakis", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb8bbc69-cb0c-42ff-945b-82cd445e5ab9"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4ee2be275ec4842027ca2375390dbba3ff0478f29b2282ad23ca33a6b82dd6c4"
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 SB 75 (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. **75 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0075aa.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **661** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **340** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **350** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Britto — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-23** 01/23/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2025-02-24** 02/24/2025 Meeting postponed (02/26/2025)
- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2025)
- **2025-03-05** 03/05/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/23/2025)
- **2025-04-25** 04/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2025)
- **2025-04-30** 04/30/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/08/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** 05/08/2025 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2025)
- **2025-06-04** 06/04/2025 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-09** 06/09/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 House passed as amended 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb8bbc69-cb0c-42ff-945b-82cd445e5ab9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).