---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SCHOOL BUS SAFETY ENFORCEMENT"
description: "Requires all school buses be equipped with video monitoring system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 568"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 568 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Ciccone", "Dimitri", "Felag", "Gu", "LaMountain", "Raptakis", "Rogers", "Thompson", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43bac086-1279-4328-be1f-4c0f2bcaccc4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "207f0e50efb0ad28d6de09f73d7a14db2c15ed926248b4262927fe9cab259730"
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 568 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SCHOOL BUS SAFETY ENFORCEMENT

Requires all school buses be equipped with video monitoring system.

## Version chain

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

1. **568 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0568Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **69–2** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **65–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Dimitri — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/01/2025)
- **2025-04-01** 04/01/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2025)
- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/22/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to House Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/43bac086-1279-4328-be1f-4c0f2bcaccc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).