---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTORCYCLE DRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAM (Requires that the motorcycle education courses provide accommodations for person's with disabilities.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTORCYCLE DRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAM (Requires that the motorcycle education courses provide accommodations for person's with disabilities.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1111"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1111 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Cycles/All Terrain Vehicles", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Picard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-06-09"
last_action: "2023-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46f0bd93-9e0c-4bf8-8b33-6281f669d04b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6e64e2692f9986c2d7c0830140a2e50a6ceac3b46a825c9d9df302724eb6c9a4"
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 1111 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- MOTORCYCLE DRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAM (Requires that the motorcycle education courses provide accommodations for person's with disabilities.)

## Version chain

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

1. **1111** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S1111.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Picard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-21** 06/21/2023 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/46f0bd93-9e0c-4bf8-8b33-6281f669d04b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).