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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- DRIVER PRIVILEGE CARDS AND PERMITS (Allows the division of motor vehicles to issue a RI state identification card to residents unable to establish lawful presence in the United States upon proof of proper documentation as required with respect to driver privilege cards and permits.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- DRIVER PRIVILEGE CARDS AND PERMITS (Allows the division of motor vehicles to issue a RI state identification card to residents unable to establish lawful presence in the United States upon proof of proper documentation as required with respect to driver privilege cards and permits.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 6521"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6521 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Batista", "Cruz", "Diaz", "Giraldo", "Henries", "Morales", "Potter", "Stewart", "Voas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-06-13"
+last_action: "2023-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6cd3600-2351-438a-8d42-7bc9866e8b7b"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "fc6b7d940043abef59f4cff5238a121af68cdf34a894826c6300b66e75468954"
+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 6521 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- DRIVER PRIVILEGE CARDS AND PERMITS (Allows the division of motor vehicles to issue a RI state identification card to residents unable to establish lawful presence in the United States upon proof of proper documentation as required with respect to driver privilege cards and permits.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6521 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6521aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **60–11** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **60–13** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Batista — primary (person)
+- Cruz — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Giraldo — primary (person)
+- Henries — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Stewart — primary (person)
+- Voas — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-22** 06/22/2023 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/d6cd3600-2351-438a-8d42-7bc9866e8b7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+