---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES -- DRIVER PRIVILEGE CARDS AND PERMITS (Reduces the fee for an original driver privilege card from fifty dollars ($50.00) to twenty-five dollars ($25.00).)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES -- DRIVER PRIVILEGE CARDS AND PERMITS (Reduces the fee for an original driver privilege card from fifty dollars ($50.00) to twenty-five dollars ($25.00).)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5780"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5780 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration", "Dept. of Revenue", "Fees", "Finance", "Licenses", "Motor Vehicles", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Alzate", "Batista", "Biah", "Diaz", "Felix", "Giraldo", "Henries", "Hull", "Morales"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-22"
last_action: "2023-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b684ad2b-27af-47ea-95f1-f6d3a0f0dba0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0fbc3297ead04f95713369357cf3bdfb2a9781514032443147d1100f045e5954"
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 5780 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES -- DRIVER PRIVILEGE CARDS AND PERMITS (Reduces the fee for an original driver privilege card from fifty dollars ($50.00) to twenty-five dollars ($25.00).)

## Version chain

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

1. **5780** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5780.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **61–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abney — primary (person)
- Alzate — primary (person)
- Batista — primary (person)
- Biah — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Henries — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-22** 02/22/2023 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/09/2023)
- **2023-03-09** 03/09/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-03-31** 03/31/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/04/2023)
- **2023-04-04** 04/04/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** 04/04/2023 Placed on House Calendar (04/06/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** 04/06/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/18/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-18** 05/18/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-05-18** 05/18/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 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/b684ad2b-27af-47ea-95f1-f6d3a0f0dba0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).