---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PUPIL TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES"
description: "Amends the definitions of a “pupil transportation vehicle” to a vehicle contrasted to seat not more than ten (10) passengers plus the operator, rather than the existing limit of eight (8) passengers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5420"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5420 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Azzinaro", "Cortvriend", "Corvese", "Donovan", "McNamara", "Noret", "Phillips", "Roberts", "Shallcross Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfd3618c-4278-4ab7-8e59-5c65951dbf9f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9e352b55ddf398b1016a0436c3bbea1ff72d662c35c893926fdbbfefadb8ad03"
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 5420 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PUPIL TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES

Amends the definitions of a “pupil transportation vehicle” to a vehicle contrasted to seat not more than ten (10) passengers plus the operator, rather than the existing limit of eight (8) passengers.

## Version chain

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

1. **5420** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5420.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2025)
- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/11/2025)
- **2025-03-11** 03/11/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/25/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/cfd3618c-4278-4ab7-8e59-5c65951dbf9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).