---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE (Permits the use of fax or email transmission of the medical certificate required for issuance of a CDL by the division of motor vehicles.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE (Permits the use of fax or email transmission of the medical certificate required for issuance of a CDL by the division of motor vehicles.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7251"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7251 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Corvese", "Morin", "Phillips", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7c01fc3-0d93-4c44-a4e9-4543b55195e9"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "7a46e8a720f535dd137d05ef52f433a1cc4484318561d9188e9a157f18a00451"
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 7251 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE (Permits the use of fax or email transmission of the medical certificate required for issuance of a CDL by the division of motor vehicles.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7251 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7251A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casey — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Morin — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-19** 01/19/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** 02/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/13/2018)
- **2018-02-13** 02/13/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for consideration (03/28/2018)
- **2018-03-28** 03/28/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for reconsideration (04/04/2018)
- **2018-04-04** 04/04/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Placed on House Calendar (04/10/2018)
- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/23/2018)
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/29/2018)
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-04** 06/04/2018 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/b7c01fc3-0d93-4c44-a4e9-4543b55195e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).