SB 3165 Rhode Island Senate · 2026 Regular Session

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

Summary

Allows any city, town, state and/or agency of a municipality or the state to report unpaid fines of two hundred dollars ($200) or more to the division of motor vehicles as grounds for refusal of registration.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2026

Committee Review

Jun 2026

Senate Passage

Jun 2026

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 27, 2026 Last action Jun 5, 2026

Floor votes · Senate Jun 4, 2026

How they voted

31–4

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 36

Jun 4, 2026

D Democratic32

31 Yea 1

96% Yea

R Republican4

4 Nay

100% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Jun 5, 2026

Committee

06/05/2026 Referred to House State Government & Elections

lower

Jun 4, 2026

Upper · Passed

06/04/2026 Senate read and passed

upper

Jun 2, 2026

Legislature · Passed

06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage

legislature

Apr 9, 2026

Committee

04/09/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

legislature

Mar 27, 2026

Introduced

03/27/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary

upper

6 primary · 0 co-sponsors