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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES"
+description: "Reduces the course time required to become a school bus driver for applicants who have a valid commercial driver’s license."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 397"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 397 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ujifusa", "Zurier", "de la Cruz"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-26"
+last_action: "2025-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1ecc62c-058f-4095-b49e-2dca98aa4f3f"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "156fd3709cd5bb131213715921dcc47bb92468c5413984d23cde0beae62489cf"
+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 SB 397 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES
+
+Reduces the course time required to become a school bus driver for applicants who have a valid commercial driver’s license.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **397 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0397Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage as Amended — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- Approval of Amendment — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ujifusa — primary (person)
+- Zurier — primary (person)
+- de la Cruz — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2025)
+- **2025-04-02** 04/02/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
+- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/23/2025)
+- **2025-04-25** 04/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2025)
+- **2025-04-29** 04/29/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-04-30** 04/30/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/06/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-05-07** 05/07/2025 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2025)
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House passed Sub A as amended 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/e1ecc62c-058f-4095-b49e-2dca98aa4f3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+