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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: "SB 625"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 625 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Picard"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-03-14"
+last_action: "2019-06-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caf17a11-fd7c-4735-ad3f-d2576418af28"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "86f26d0348c43e6bbdd3dff6616c7ccccc0bc4518e389e6bdfaa283d1ba24489"
+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 SB 625 (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. **625 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0625Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **69–1** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–1** (pass) · upper
+- AS AMENDED — **69–2** (pass) · upper
+- In Concurrence — **36–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Picard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-14** 03/14/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-05** 04/05/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2019)
+- **2019-04-10** 04/10/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-04-19** 04/19/2019 Scheduled for consideration (04/24/2019)
+- **2019-04-24** 04/24/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-04-26** 04/26/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/01/2019)
+- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-05-01** 05/01/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-02** 05/02/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/08/2019)
+- **2019-05-08** 05/08/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2019-05-09** 05/09/2019 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2019)
+- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2019)
+- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2019)
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/26/2019)
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Senate passed Sub A as amended 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/caf17a11-fd7c-4735-ad3f-d2576418af28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+