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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PUPIL TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES"
+description: "Amends the definitions of a “pupil transportation vehicle” to a vehicle contrasted to seat not more than ten (10) passengers plus the operator, rather than the existing limit of eight (8) passengers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 636"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 636 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "DiPalma", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "Mack", "McKenney", "Murray", "Ujifusa", "Zurier", "de la Cruz"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-07"
+last_action: "2025-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a928fda8-4ebb-48d1-89ac-dddbd6269048"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "f93c8a7d238cad18ee8c184886d95fc8c5af6fd2cacc537bfa264afa162e4d2d"
+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 636 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PUPIL TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES
+
+Amends the definitions of a “pupil transportation vehicle” to a vehicle contrasted to seat not more than ten (10) passengers plus the operator, rather than the existing limit of eight (8) passengers.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **636** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0636.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- Mack — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Ujifusa — primary (person)
+- Zurier — primary (person)
+- de la Cruz — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 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)
+- **2025-04-30** 04/30/2025 Committee recommends passage `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 read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-07** 05/07/2025 Referred to House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-25** 05/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
+- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/a928fda8-4ebb-48d1-89ac-dddbd6269048`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+