---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- DRIVER PRIVILEGE CARDS AND PERMITS (Allows the division of motor vehicles to issue a RI state identification card to residents unable to establish lawful presence in the United States upon proof of proper documentation as required with respect to driver privilege cards and permits.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- DRIVER PRIVILEGE CARDS AND PERMITS (Allows the division of motor vehicles to issue a RI state identification card to residents unable to establish lawful presence in the United States upon proof of proper documentation as required with respect to driver privilege cards and permits.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6521"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6521 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Batista", "Cruz", "Diaz", "Giraldo", "Henries", "Morales", "Potter", "Stewart", "Voas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-06-13"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6cd3600-2351-438a-8d42-7bc9866e8b7b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "fc6b7d940043abef59f4cff5238a121af68cdf34a894826c6300b66e75468954"
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 6521 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- DRIVER PRIVILEGE CARDS AND PERMITS (Allows the division of motor vehicles to issue a RI state identification card to residents unable to establish lawful presence in the United States upon proof of proper documentation as required with respect to driver privilege cards and permits.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6521 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6521aa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **60–11** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **60–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Batista — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Henries — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Voas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-22** 06/22/2023 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/d6cd3600-2351-438a-8d42-7bc9866e8b7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).