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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES"
+description: "Amends several provisions relative to motorcycles and motor scooter license and educational requirements including deleting the learners permit requirement for motorcycles."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7471"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7471 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Alzate", "Cotter", "Donovan", "Felix", "Hull", "Lombardi", "Potter", "Shallcross Smith", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-02-02"
+last_action: "2024-05-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77b187ea-9325-4d9d-9ff7-84b1fff3f958"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "5e9de18f443e27ffed19a6a73d5a3dcdf19dd19f79b198150e5c29957c30dfb4"
+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 7471 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES
+
+Amends several provisions relative to motorcycles and motor scooter license and educational requirements including deleting the learners permit requirement for motorcycles.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7471** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7471.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-23** 02/23/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/29/2024)
+- **2024-02-29** 02/29/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (03/14/2024)
+- **2024-03-14** 03/14/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Placed on House Calendar (03/21/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-21** 03/21/2024 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2024)
+- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/21/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 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/77b187ea-9325-4d9d-9ff7-84b1fff3f958`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+