---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF LICENSES--VIOLATIONS (Reduces the civil penalty for the first and second offenses for driving without a license or driving with a suspended license, and would make a third violation a civil offense and a fourth offense a misdemeanor punishable by a fine.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF LICENSES--VIOLATIONS (Reduces the civil penalty for the first and second offenses for driving without a license or driving with a suspended license, and would make a third violation a civil offense and a fourth offense a misdemeanor punishable by a fine.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2503"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2503 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Coyne", "F Lombardi", "McCaffrey", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-01"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fe71ae6-c518-4485-ad49-d975f6030e20"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5421dc85ade21867f366d166f45981a6d5932e2375e41aaa79e9ca310a0a737c"
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 2503 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF LICENSES--VIOLATIONS (Reduces the civil penalty for the first and second offenses for driving without a license or driving with a suspended license, and would make a third violation a civil offense and a fourth offense a misdemeanor punishable by a fine.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2503 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2503Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- -VIOLATIONS — **32–4** (pass) · upper
- -VIOLATIONS — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- F Lombardi — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-01** 03/01/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** 03/18/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/24/2022)
- **2022-03-23** 03/23/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-03-24** 03/24/2022 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
- **2022-03-24** 03/24/2022 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study `substitution`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2022)
- **2022-05-23** 05/23/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-25** 05/25/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/02/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/0fe71ae6-c518-4485-ad49-d975f6030e20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).