---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE (Permits the use of an electronic means of 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 an electronic means of 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: "SB 2763"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2763 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver Licenses", "Fees", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Picard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-27"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/094e1061-514f-40ee-9562-91e59a5ccf6c"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "77d8db18a89ad6783b30bf39f9854e2580f3e74e0416525c9de5c505f89307cc"
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 2763 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE (Permits the use of an electronic means of 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. **2763 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2763A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Picard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-27** 03/27/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2018)
- **2018-04-04** 04/04/2018 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
- **2018-04-04** 04/04/2018 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/11/2018)
- **2018-04-11** 04/11/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-12** 04/12/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/25/2018)
- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-04-26** 04/26/2018 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2018)
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/29/2018)
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 House 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/094e1061-514f-40ee-9562-91e59a5ccf6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).