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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT (Eliminates the exemption for firefighters from having to complete a road safety test in order to obtain a commercial driver’s license.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT (Eliminates the exemption for firefighters from having to complete a road safety test in order to obtain a commercial driver’s license.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 8299"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8299 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Casey", "Casimiro", "Edwards", "Hull", "Kennedy"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-05-27"
+last_action: "2022-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01c527bd-3383-4179-b5a3-119e63dffe88"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "1ec1e885c90ce323d5816da1e4632998cde70aea41f7c60f9992e436d7a6bbee"
+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 8299 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT (Eliminates the exemption for firefighters from having to complete a road safety test in order to obtain a commercial driver’s license.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8299** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H8299.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/07/2022)
+- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
+- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-07-02** 07/02/2022 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01c527bd-3383-4179-b5a3-119e63dffe88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+