---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES"
description: "Implements a thirty (30) day waiting period following the issuance of a learners permit and the waiting period must expire before the person is permitted to take the road test in order to obtain a full license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 624"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 624 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "DiPalma", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-06"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee84eb96-f3f2-422f-8f0e-6adf7788ca31"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "70ec6b75071e00a44a0d611460dfd9a36ef38665b54825edf93f2c5a666560a3"
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 624 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES

Implements a thirty (30) day waiting period following the issuance of a learners permit and the waiting period must expire before the person is permitted to take the road test in order to obtain a full license.

## Version chain

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

1. **624** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0624.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-06** 03/06/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2025)
- **2025-04-02** 04/02/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/23/2025)
- **2025-04-25** 04/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2025)
- **2025-04-30** 04/30/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/08/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** 05/08/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2025)
- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `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 in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 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/ee84eb96-f3f2-422f-8f0e-6adf7788ca31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).