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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SCHOOL BUS SAFETY ENFORCEMENT"
+description: "Requires all school buses be equipped with video monitoring system."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5421"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5421 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Biah", "Casimiro", "Corvese", "Craven", "Finkelman", "Messier", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Read", "Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-12"
+last_action: "2025-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1426aeb8-6e3a-4890-8334-42e4ccc09ce4"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "f8ed0b1d8063137b7017bf53111810e9767519290ee1864b24d6ebf7608ffa1f"
+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 5421 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SCHOOL BUS SAFETY ENFORCEMENT
+
+Requires all school buses be equipped with video monitoring system.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5421 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5421Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AS AMENDED — **69–2** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **67–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Biah — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Finkelman — primary (person)
+- Messier — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
+- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/1426aeb8-6e3a-4890-8334-42e4ccc09ce4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+