---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES"
description: "Reduces the course time required to become a school bus driver for applicants who have a valid commercial driver’s license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5882"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5882 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortvriend", "Corvese", "Donovan", "Finkelman", "Fogarty", "Knight", "McGaw", "Morales", "Solomon", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-28"
last_action: "2025-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2718d7b2-9ca2-47d2-b268-f3da51c78ab9"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "02a425e92b320813b7f5babe34cfbf1f1169f7bd92a0053e76273e09db39014e"
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 5882 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES

Reduces the course time required to become a school bus driver for applicants who have a valid commercial driver’s license.

## Version chain

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

1. **5882 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5882A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Finkelman — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2025)
- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/08/2025)
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-05-08** 05/08/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/29/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **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 Sub A 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/2718d7b2-9ca2-47d2-b268-f3da51c78ab9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).