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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT"
+description: "Provides that commercial driver instruction would include industry-specific training on the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5231"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5231 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Brien", "Chippendale", "Corvese", "Fellela", "Newberry", "Phillips", "Read", "Serpa", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-29"
+last_action: "2025-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abfc0a2a-f81c-47f7-8ccc-676fefdf7021"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "f1f4146258bedf84608397e24dd8697853baf2ec0fc24bb2f0531205c265fc45"
+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 5231 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT
+
+Provides that commercial driver instruction would include industry-specific training on the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5231** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5231.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Brien — primary (person)
+- Chippendale — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Newberry — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-29** 01/29/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/12/2025)
+- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (02/27/2025)
+- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/13/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
+- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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/abfc0a2a-f81c-47f7-8ccc-676fefdf7021`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+