---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SCHOOL BUS SAFETY ENFORCEMENT"
description: "Requires all school buses be equipped with video monitoring system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5421"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5421 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Biah", "Casimiro", "Corvese", "Craven", "Finkelman", "Messier", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Read", "Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1426aeb8-6e3a-4890-8334-42e4ccc09ce4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f8ed0b1d8063137b7017bf53111810e9767519290ee1864b24d6ebf7608ffa1f"
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 5421 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- SCHOOL BUS SAFETY ENFORCEMENT

Requires all school buses be equipped with video monitoring system.

## Version chain

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

1. **5421 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5421Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **69–2** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Biah — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Finkelman — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Serpa — 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`
- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/1426aeb8-6e3a-4890-8334-42e4ccc09ce4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).