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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT (Permits applicants for commercial driver's licenses to carry over parts of the required examinations that they passed for a period of two years and require them to retake those portions not passed.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT (Permits applicants for commercial driver's licenses to carry over parts of the required examinations that they passed for a period of two years and require them to retake those portions not passed.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 5163"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5163 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Driver Licenses"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hawkins", "Phillips", "Shekarchi", "Solomon", "Ucci"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-23"
+last_action: "2019-06-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/234f7780-4dae-4ab6-b64e-16dc7367360f"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "06a0c83a054ccc312431ecca57610aeeacc141fce5892a6532326d899e201e42"
+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 5163 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT (Permits applicants for commercial driver's licenses to carry over parts of the required examinations that they passed for a period of two years and require them to retake those portions not passed.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5163 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5163A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hawkins — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Shekarchi — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Ucci — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-23** 01/23/2019 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-01** 02/01/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2019-02-04** 02/04/2019 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/06/2019)
+- **2019-02-08** 02/08/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/13/2019)
+- **2019-02-13** 02/13/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-04-29** 04/29/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/01/2019)
+- **2019-04-29** 04/29/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-05-01** 05/01/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-03** 05/03/2019 Placed on House Calendar (05/08/2019)
+- **2019-05-08** 05/08/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2019-05-22** 05/22/2019 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/05/2019)
+- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/26/2019)
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/234f7780-4dae-4ab6-b64e-16dc7367360f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+