---
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: "HB 5513"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5513 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Corvese", "Costantino", "Dawson", "Noret", "Perez", "Phillips", "Read", "Shanley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-13"
last_action: "2025-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec302b70-a338-43a4-8c9f-97302464f0bd"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f3150fbe79dd439e33577dfb5061fd174996191aab4ed488a583b473ba29f23b"
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 5513 (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. **5513** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5513.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casey — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Costantino — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Perez — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2025)
- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/13/2025)
- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/27/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/13/2025)
- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/29/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Senate 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/ec302b70-a338-43a4-8c9f-97302464f0bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).