---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PUPIL TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES"
description: "Amends the definitions of a “pupil transportation vehicle” to a vehicle contrasted to seat not more than ten (10) passengers plus the operator, rather than the existing limit of eight (8) passengers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 636"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 636 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "DiPalma", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "Mack", "McKenney", "Murray", "Ujifusa", "Zurier", "de la Cruz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-07"
last_action: "2025-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a928fda8-4ebb-48d1-89ac-dddbd6269048"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f93c8a7d238cad18ee8c184886d95fc8c5af6fd2cacc537bfa264afa162e4d2d"
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 636 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PUPIL TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES

Amends the definitions of a “pupil transportation vehicle” to a vehicle contrasted to seat not more than ten (10) passengers plus the operator, rather than the existing limit of eight (8) passengers.

## Version chain

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

1. **636** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0636.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Ujifusa — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)
- de la Cruz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2025)
- **2025-04-02** 04/02/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/23/2025)
- **2025-04-25** 04/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2025)
- **2025-04-30** 04/30/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/06/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-07** 05/07/2025 Referred to House Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-25** 05/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/a928fda8-4ebb-48d1-89ac-dddbd6269048`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).