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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES"
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description: "Creates a new motor vehicle registration for \"forestry vehicles\" also provides that forest product operations are permitted uses within all zoning districts of a municipality except where prohibited."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 679"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 679 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-03-07"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1575d335-7793-43e3-8674-59e131c6bcff"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "706dbc367c28e085c0364729c323a174b09426d3f27674d7cb7ec856edc47209"
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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 679 (2025) — AN ACT AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
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Creates a new motor vehicle registration for "forestry vehicles" also provides that forest product operations are permitted uses within all zoning districts of a municipality except where prohibited.
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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. **679 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0679aa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- AS AMENDED — **72–0** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **71–0** (pass) · upper
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- RECONSIDERATION — **69–0** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **72–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **34–2** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **33–4** (pass) · upper
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- AS AMENDED — **71–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bissaillon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/15/2025)
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- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
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- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House voted to reconsider
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 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/1575d335-7793-43e3-8674-59e131c6bcff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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