HB 5768 Rhode Island House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

HB 5768 requires the DMV to provide pro-rata refunds for unused portions of vehicle registrations when owners voluntarily cancel their registration early. This directly affects vehicle owners who cancel registrations before expiration, such as those selling or retiring vehicles mid-cycle. The bill amends registration fee rules to allow refunds for unused time, calculated based on the remaining registration period. It does not change standard registration fees but adds a mechanism for credit when registrations are canceled voluntarily. The bill was passed by the legislature but vetoed by the governor on July 2, 2025.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Vetoed
Jul 2025
Introduced Feb 26, 2025 Vetoed Jul 2, 2025
Floor votes · House Jun 20, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
2
Committee
1
Jul 2, 2025
Vetoed
07/02/2025 Vetoed by Governor
executive
Jun 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
06/20/2025 Senate passed in concurrence
upper
Jun 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
06/20/2025 House read and passed
lower
May 6, 2025
Committee
05/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 26, 2025
Introduced
02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Finance
lower
7 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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