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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Increases weight limit of those vehicles which are registerable with prisoner of war plates, Purple Heart plates, Distinguished Service Cross plates, Bronze Star Medal plates, National Guard plates or disabled veterans plates to twelve thousand pounds.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Increases weight limit of those vehicles which are registerable with prisoner of war plates, Purple Heart plates, Distinguished Service Cross plates, Bronze Star Medal plates, National Guard plates or disabled veterans plates to twelve thousand pounds.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5265"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5265 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military Affairs", "Motor Vehicles", "Plates (M.V.)", "Veterans", "Weights & Measures"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Azzinaro", "Casey", "Casimiro", "Corvese", "Serpa", "Solomon", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-27"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e24ed8f9-d1ac-46d1-9b3c-4e825c2d4ef0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b31c139c51d9944a2ab5c24ee3523664c1118653fa97ae9a605adddcc1e01646"
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 HB 5265 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Increases weight limit of those vehicles which are registerable with prisoner of war plates, Purple Heart plates, Distinguished Service Cross plates, Bronze Star Medal plates, National Guard plates or disabled veterans plates to twelve thousand pounds.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **5265** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5265.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **680** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Abney — primary (person)
- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-27** 01/27/2023 Introduced, referred to House Special Legislation `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** 01/31/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/02/2023)
- **2023-02-02** 02/02/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-04-21** 04/21/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/27/2023)
- **2023-04-27** 04/27/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/09/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 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/e24ed8f9-d1ac-46d1-9b3c-4e825c2d4ef0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).