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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: "HB 5081"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5081 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Ackerman", "Azzinaro", "Boylan", "Casimiro", "Donovan", "Fellela", "Giraldo", "Hull", "Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d68538d-931f-44a3-8bd5-3863c224ab33"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "297fb51877ab8520a0216bb513a81b397003c4f684edcf3491020306639c9a6d"
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 5081 (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. **5081 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5081A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **680** (pass) · lower
- IN CONCURRENCE — **661** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Abney — primary (person)
- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-16** 01/16/2025 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** 02/04/2025 Committee transferred to House Municipal Government & Housing
- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2025)
- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/20/2025)
- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/27/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-09** 06/09/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 House passed Sub A 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/7d68538d-931f-44a3-8bd5-3863c224ab33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).