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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS"
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description: "Includes \"Kei cars\" or \"Kei trucks\" as having restricted public highway use and those vehicles validly registered as of August 1, 2021, would not be denied renewal of that registration based solely on the vehicle type."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 2693"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2693 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-03-01"
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last_action: "2024-06-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88cf31bc-ca70-4a7c-8251-bd2ad206ff5a"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "038f6c90779882b132083c4e39284733805533b9ea3980c8e4c9017f19a79949"
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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 SB 2693 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS
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Includes "Kei cars" or "Kei trucks" as having restricted public highway use and those vehicles validly registered as of August 1, 2021, would not be denied renewal of that registration based solely on the vehicle type.
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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. **2693 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2693A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **36–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- DiPalma — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2024)
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- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2024)
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- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-08** 05/08/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/14/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2024-05-15** 05/15/2024 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-02** 06/02/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
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- **2024-06-03** 06/03/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-28** 06/28/2024 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/88cf31bc-ca70-4a7c-8251-bd2ad206ff5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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