---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES"
description: "Amends several provisions relative to motorcycles and motor scooter license and educational requirements including deleting the learners permit requirement for motorcycles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7471"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7471 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Alzate", "Cotter", "Donovan", "Felix", "Hull", "Lombardi", "Potter", "Shallcross Smith", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-02"
last_action: "2024-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77b187ea-9325-4d9d-9ff7-84b1fff3f958"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5e9de18f443e27ffed19a6a73d5a3dcdf19dd19f79b198150e5c29957c30dfb4"
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 7471 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES

Amends several provisions relative to motorcycles and motor scooter license and educational requirements including deleting the learners permit requirement for motorcycles.

## Version chain

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

1. **7471** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7471.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Alzate — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** 02/23/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/29/2024)
- **2024-02-29** 02/29/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (03/14/2024)
- **2024-03-14** 03/14/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Placed on House Calendar (03/21/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-03-21** 03/21/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2024)
- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/21/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 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/77b187ea-9325-4d9d-9ff7-84b1fff3f958`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).