---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - DRIVER EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (Requires driver's instruction courses and tests to include instruction information on driver's responsible conduct and rights during a traffic stop.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - DRIVER EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (Requires driver's instruction courses and tests to include instruction information on driver's responsible conduct and rights during a traffic stop.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7194"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7194 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver Licenses", "Motor Vehicles", "Traffic Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diaz", "McLaughlin", "McNamara", "Morin", "Shanley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb002d7e-93f1-457d-ac31-7e931eec0120"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "f2392998896998558fddd988315710d418d0477e6bc3384240465fdca80bc0b5"
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 HB 7194 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - DRIVER EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (Requires driver's instruction courses and tests to include instruction information on driver's responsible conduct and rights during a traffic stop.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7194** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7194.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Diaz — primary (person)
- McLaughlin — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Morin — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** 01/18/2018 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-16** 03/16/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2018-03-20** 03/20/2018 Meeting postponed (03/21/2018)
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2018)
- **2018-03-27** 03/27/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/09/2018)
- **2018-05-09** 05/09/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/22/2018)
- **2018-05-22** 05/22/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/cb002d7e-93f1-457d-ac31-7e931eec0120`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).