---
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: "SB 394"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 394 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Licenses", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DaPonte", "Jabour", "McCaffrey", "Ruggerio", "Sheehan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-02"
last_action: "2017-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42bd2641-3f8e-4ef9-b52d-61e5116541be"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "80ee261b26e952c13841da5b05589541dff65f921db104a1ea8833db64165cac"
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 394 (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. **394 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0394Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Approval of Amendment — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage as Amended — **35–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- DaPonte — primary (person)
- Jabour — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
- Sheehan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-02** 03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-10** 03/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2017-03-13** 03/13/2017 Meeting postponed (03/14/2017)
- **2017-03-13** 03/13/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/15/2017)
- **2017-03-15** 03/15/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-23** 06/23/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 House passed Sub A as amended 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/42bd2641-3f8e-4ef9-b52d-61e5116541be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).