| Chapter 251 |
| 2026 -- S 2414 Enacted 06/19/2026 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION FEES |
Introduced By: Senators Felag, Raptakis, Burke, Tikoian, LaMountain, Murray, Lauria, Vargas, and DiMario |
| Date Introduced: January 30, 2026 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 31-6-8 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-6 entitled "Registration |
| Fees" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 31-6-8. Disabled veterans. |
| (a) Any veteran who has been honorably discharged from the service of the armed forces |
| or the Merchant Marine of the United States in any of the wars or campaigns in which the United |
| States has been engaged and who, while engaged in these wars or campaigns or as a result of |
| engagement in these wars or campaigns, by reason of amputation, has lost one or both of the |
| veteran’s arms, hands, feet, or legs, or who, by reason of other permanent injury, has lost the use |
| of one or both of the veteran’s arms, hands, feet, or legs, or to whom has been granted a motor |
| vehicle under chapter 870-2D, United States Public Laws 663, enacted 1946, 79th Congress, or has |
| suitable documentation from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to establish that the veteran: |
| (1) Has a combined service connected disability rating of one hundred percent (100%); or |
| (2) Is considered “individually unemployable” due to the veteran’s service-connected |
| disability, shall be exempt from the payment of any fee for the annual registration of and a license |
| to operate that motor vehicle. |
| (b) The administrator for the division of motor vehicles shall issue to an eligible veteran |
| for use on an automobile, or on a commercial vehicle having a gross weight of twelve thousand |
| pounds (12,000 lbs.) or less, registration plates designated “Disabled Veteran.” Provided that: |
| (1) Upon certification that the veteran is no longer able to operate a vehicle, the "Disabled |
| Veteran" plates may be transferred, during their lifetime, to the veteran's spouse; and |
| (2) Upon the death of the holder initial registrant of the “Disabled Veteran” plates, the |
| plates may be transferred to the veteran’s surviving spouse for the spouse’s lifetime or until the |
| spouse remarries. Only one set of |
| (3) “Disabled Veteran” plates shall be issued to an eligible veteran and or their spouse as |
| provided for in subsection (b)(1) of this section only after certification of eligibility from the |
| Veterans’ Administration or other satisfactory documentation of eligibility is presented. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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