---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES"
description: "Exempts an individual in foster or adoptive homes from the fee associated with drivers education classes at the community college of Rhode Island."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8603"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8603 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casimiro", "Cotter", "Donovan", "Giraldo", "Hopkins", "McNamara", "Read", "Shallcross Smith", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-05-29"
last_action: "2026-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f473b125-3a03-478c-859d-b4bf6fb0de17"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "fe82fff5bddff312d2fe5de19afafc5fa14667922484ebebe3cdaae78fdc6f56"
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 8603 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES

Exempts an individual in foster or adoptive homes from the fee associated with drivers education classes at the community college of Rhode Island.

## Version chain

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

1. **8603 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8603A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Hopkins — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-30** 05/30/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/02/2026)
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2026)
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/f473b125-3a03-478c-859d-b4bf6fb0de17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).