---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES (Continues status quo for licensing of approved recipients under DACA program; however, issuance of license does not confer right to vote eff. 12/3/18.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES (Continues status quo for licensing of approved recipients under DACA program; however, issuance of license does not confer right to vote eff. 12/3/18.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7982"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7982 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Equal Rights/Discrimination", "Immigration", "Licenses", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corvese", "Diaz", "Filippi", "Maldonado", "McNamara"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-22"
last_action: "2018-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffdec4ae-00cf-41d7-b48d-37e26515e1c4"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "31e60fbc4b771089691f91a8a2a2333125da9adff96bdb08f045cdb82db60ab6"
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 7982 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES (Continues status quo for licensing of approved recipients under DACA program; however, issuance of license does not confer right to vote eff. 12/3/18.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7982 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7982B.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **60–4** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **64–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corvese — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Filippi — primary (person)
- Maldonado — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-22** 03/22/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2018)
- **2018-04-03** 04/03/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/10/2018)
- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 Placed on House Calendar (04/12/2018)
- **2018-04-12** 04/12/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2018)
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/05/2018)
- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Senate passed Sub B `passage`
- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2018)
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub B in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2018)
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 House passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 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/ffdec4ae-00cf-41d7-b48d-37e26515e1c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).