---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT"
description: "Provides that commercial driver instruction would include industry-specific training on the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5231"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5231 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Brien", "Chippendale", "Corvese", "Fellela", "Newberry", "Phillips", "Read", "Serpa", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abfc0a2a-f81c-47f7-8ccc-676fefdf7021"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f1f4146258bedf84608397e24dd8697853baf2ec0fc24bb2f0531205c265fc45"
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 5231 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT

Provides that commercial driver instruction would include industry-specific training on the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking.

## Version chain

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

1. **5231** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5231.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Brien — primary (person)
- Chippendale — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Newberry — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** 01/29/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/12/2025)
- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (02/27/2025)
- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/13/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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/abfc0a2a-f81c-47f7-8ccc-676fefdf7021`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).