---
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: "SB 2836"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2836 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Gallo", "Lawson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-22"
last_action: "2024-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/123322aa-b0f6-427f-bfe3-2c5f20373c56"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "120bc383d70ab773d1010aa6ca150787943a57e5ea13f411e3edeac332f2d1fe"
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 2836 (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. **2836** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2836.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **58–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2024)
- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2024)
- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-01** 05/01/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/09/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** 05/09/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2024)
- **2024-05-15** 05/15/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/23/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-23** 05/23/2024 House 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/123322aa-b0f6-427f-bfe3-2c5f20373c56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).