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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES"
+description: "Implements a thirty (30) day waiting period following the issuance of a learners permit and the waiting period must expire before the person is permitted to take the road test in order to obtain a full license."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5513"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5513 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Corvese", "Costantino", "Dawson", "Noret", "Perez", "Phillips", "Read", "Shanley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-13"
+last_action: "2025-06-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec302b70-a338-43a4-8c9f-97302464f0bd"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "f3150fbe79dd439e33577dfb5061fd174996191aab4ed488a583b473ba29f23b"
+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 5513 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES
+
+Implements a thirty (30) day waiting period following the issuance of a learners permit and the waiting period must expire before the person is permitted to take the road test in order to obtain a full license.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5513** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5513.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Costantino — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Perez — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2025)
+- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/13/2025)
+- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/27/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/13/2025)
+- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/29/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 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/ec302b70-a338-43a4-8c9f-97302464f0bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+