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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- INSPECTION OF MOTOR VEHICLES (Provides that only facilities located within the state be eligible for renewal permits or new permits to operate as official inspection stations for the inspection of vehicles, and the issuance of official certificates of inspection and approval.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- INSPECTION OF MOTOR VEHICLES (Provides that only facilities located within the state be eligible for renewal permits or new permits to operate as official inspection stations for the inspection of vehicles, and the issuance of official certificates of inspection and approval.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 434"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 434 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Licenses", "Miscellaneous", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Felag", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa7e84c0-35c9-4855-a64b-0d7ac37a09a2"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "56d4536148d8ca5b45b0f276d35a1a6061c1a408de8faffd57b5694d470e8a0b"
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 434 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- INSPECTION OF MOTOR VEHICLES (Provides that only facilities located within the state be eligible for renewal permits or new permits to operate as official inspection stations for the inspection of vehicles, and the issuance of official certificates of inspection and approval.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **434 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0434Aaa.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage as Amended — **370** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **310** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-16** 02/16/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2023)
- **2023-03-29** 03/29/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
- **2023-06-05** 06/05/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-22** 06/22/2023 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/fa7e84c0-35c9-4855-a64b-0d7ac37a09a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).