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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT REGISTRATION TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Exempts vehicle owners by a rental company from provisions permitted to the DMV to refuse registration for failure to pay fines including interest, penalties, or other monetary amount.)"
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description: "AN ACT REGISTRATION TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Exempts vehicle owners by a rental company from provisions permitted to the DMV to refuse registration for failure to pay fines including interest, penalties, or other monetary amount.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 7778"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7778 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Fees", "Motor Vehicles", "Traffic Offenses"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ucci", "Winfield"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-02-28"
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last_action: "2018-07-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9502e7d3-1143-4a22-8da8-31fd4661657a"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "cfc2540554ec964762377c94e58a78364f9c7f896ee3d606d4960ab46095cba5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island HB 7778 (2018) — AN ACT REGISTRATION TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Exempts vehicle owners by a rental company from provisions permitted to the DMV to refuse registration for failure to pay fines including interest, penalties, or other monetary amount.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **7778 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7778A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **67–1** (pass) · lower
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **53–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ucci — primary (person)
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- Winfield — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2018)
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- **2018-03-27** 03/27/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/10/2018)
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- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-18** 04/18/2018 Placed on House Calendar (04/24/2018)
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- **2018-04-24** 04/24/2018 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/22/2018)
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- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
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- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
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- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-07-10** 07/10/2018 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9502e7d3-1143-4a22-8da8-31fd4661657a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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