---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES (Continues status quo for licensing of approved recipients under DACA program; however, issuance of license does not confer right to vote eff. 12/3/18.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES (Continues status quo for licensing of approved recipients under DACA program; however, issuance of license does not confer right to vote eff. 12/3/18.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2678"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2678 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Equal Rights/Discrimination", "Immigration", "Licenses", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Goodwin", "McCaffrey", "Metts", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-20"
last_action: "2018-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02383a26-3dc2-477a-bc9e-f161533c1166"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "911e4d3b4a5e0b6e0f9c8a9d098f3d49f9e0f0268212c99511345abec69d0cef"
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 2678 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES (Continues status quo for licensing of approved recipients under DACA program; however, issuance of license does not confer right to vote eff. 12/3/18.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2678 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2678A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **61–4** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **32–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Metts — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-20** 03/20/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-19** 04/19/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2018)
- **2018-04-24** 04/24/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2018)
- **2018-05-15** 05/15/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-17** 05/17/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/23/2018)
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2018)
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2018)
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 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/02383a26-3dc2-477a-bc9e-f161533c1166`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).