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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES"
+description: "Exempts an individual in foster or adoptive homes from the fee associated with drivers education classes at the community college of Rhode Island."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 2182"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2182 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Euer", "Famiglietti", "LaMountain", "McKenney", "Quezada", "Urso", "Valverde", "Vargas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-16"
+last_action: "2026-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94df3d6e-f026-4845-91ed-85e2bab6e88d"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "1384e2bf7bd1bbce3e2dcd1a9c69cbd843b66b0f5572d6702f5f1db02bdecf63"
+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 2182 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES
+
+Exempts an individual in foster or adoptive homes from the fee associated with drivers education classes at the community college of Rhode Island.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2182 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2182B.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · upper
+- In Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Appollonio — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Famiglietti — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+- Urso — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+- Vargas — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-16** 01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/15/2026)
+- **2026-04-15** 04/15/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/29/2026)
+- **2026-04-29** 04/29/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-05-08** 05/08/2026 Scheduled for consideration
+- **2026-05-13** 05/13/2026 Meeting postponed (05/14/2026)
+- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2026)
+- **2026-05-20** 05/20/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/26/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2026-05-27** 05/27/2026 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2026)
+- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed Sub B `passage`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/94df3d6e-f026-4845-91ed-85e2bab6e88d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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