---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES (Allows the holder of a level 2-limited provisional license to drive from the holder's home to a school event for which no transportation is provided by the school, between 4:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES (Allows the holder of a level 2-limited provisional license to drive from the holder's home to a school event for which no transportation is provided by the school, between 4:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5346"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5346 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver Licenses", "Transportation", "Licenses", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Keable", "Morin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a786dd1-5c26-4314-accd-fdbc6a689f03"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "d371d84fdd19eecb8a0c22ffc9d3749b75e761388ad0ea4a70cef6d1d8c90ce0"
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 5346 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES (Allows the holder of a level 2-limited provisional license to drive from the holder's home to a school event for which no transportation is provided by the school, between 4:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **5346 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5346A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · legislature
- RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHI — **63–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Casey — primary (person)
- Keable — primary (person)
- Morin — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-02** 02/02/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-03** 03/03/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2017)
- **2017-03-08** 03/08/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2017)
- **2017-05-24** 05/24/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2017)
- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-01** 06/01/2017 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-23** 06/23/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-09-28** 09/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-04** 10/04/2017 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/2a786dd1-5c26-4314-accd-fdbc6a689f03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).