Fabio
82 lines
4.3 KiB
Markdown
82 lines
4.3 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
type: "Bill"
|
||
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES - ROAD TEST LICENSE APPLICANTS (Allows driver's license applicants with limited English proficiency (LEP) to be accompanied by an interpreter, at their own expense and choosing, during their road test. This interpreter shall be at least eighteen (18) years of age.)"
|
||
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES - ROAD TEST LICENSE APPLICANTS (Allows driver's license applicants with limited English proficiency (LEP) to be accompanied by an interpreter, at their own expense and choosing, during their road test. This interpreter shall be at least eighteen (18) years of age.)"
|
||
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
|
||
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
|
||
session: "2017"
|
||
identifier: "SB 226"
|
||
citation: "Rhode Island SB 226 (2017)"
|
||
classification: ["bill"]
|
||
subjects: ["Equal Rights/Discrimination", "Immigration", "Licenses", "State Affairs", "Motor Vehicles"]
|
||
status: "enacted"
|
||
primary_sponsors: ["Calkin", "Crowley", "Goodwin", "Metts", "Quezada"]
|
||
version_count: 1
|
||
action_count: 21
|
||
vote_count: 3
|
||
first_action: "2017-02-02"
|
||
last_action: "2017-09-28"
|
||
source: "openstates"
|
||
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1ed4851-c06d-460f-8485-04f8b93b4aa3"
|
||
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
|
||
source_hash: "bf8ffd975229f83879153eda2c51b52a04625d6c2a377e033d3d1a9d1a8dfdd5"
|
||
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 226 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES - ROAD TEST LICENSE APPLICANTS (Allows driver's license applicants with limited English proficiency (LEP) to be accompanied by an interpreter, at their own expense and choosing, during their road test. This interpreter shall be at least eighteen (18) years of age.)
|
||
|
||
## Version chain
|
||
|
||
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
|
||
|
||
1. **226 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0226B.pdf)
|
||
|
||
## Votes
|
||
|
||
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
|
||
- In Concurrence — **30–3** (pass) · legislature
|
||
- RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES - ROA — **69–0** (pass) · legislature
|
||
|
||
## Sponsors
|
||
|
||
- Calkin — primary (person)
|
||
- Crowley — primary (person)
|
||
- Goodwin — primary (person)
|
||
- Metts — primary (person)
|
||
- Quezada — primary (person)
|
||
|
||
## Timeline
|
||
|
||
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
|
||
|
||
- **2017-02-02** 02/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
|
||
- **2017-03-10** 03/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
|
||
- **2017-03-13** 03/13/2017 Meeting postponed (03/14/2017)
|
||
- **2017-03-13** 03/13/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/15/2017)
|
||
- **2017-03-15** 03/15/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
|
||
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2017)
|
||
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
|
||
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2017)
|
||
- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
|
||
- **2017-06-23** 06/23/2017 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
|
||
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee transferred to House Judiciary
|
||
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2017)
|
||
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
|
||
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Scheduled for reconsideration (06/30/2017)
|
||
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
|
||
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
|
||
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub B `passage`
|
||
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
|
||
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
|
||
- **2017-09-25** 09/25/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
|
||
- **2017-09-28** 09/28/2017 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/c1ed4851-c06d-460f-8485-04f8b93b4aa3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
|
||
|