republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2018/hb-8271.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES (Eliminates the need of filing an SR 22, standard form with the department of motor vehicles or its divisions, in order for an individual to get their operator’s license reinstated.)	AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES (Eliminates the need of filing an SR 22, standard form with the department of motor vehicles or its divisions, in order for an individual to get their operator’s license reinstated.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2018	HB 8271	Rhode Island HB 8271 (2018)	bill	Licenses Motor Vehicles State Departments	enacted	Barros Blazejewski Perez Ranglin-Vassell Williams	1	16	3	2018-06-01	2018-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/b3cbc798-c9e4-4603-a654-2b6a567d471c	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	29c7ed73aeea91bb0456ac7ac9fb8d95629a36f1c734870bb5d958a7159f951b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 8271 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES (Eliminates the need of filing an SR 22, standard form with the department of motor vehicles or its divisions, in order for an individual to get their operator’s license reinstated.)

Version chain

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

1. 8271 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• AS AMENDED — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 69–0 (pass) · lower
• IN CONCURRENCE — 53–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barros — primary (person)
• Blazejewski — primary (person)
• Perez — primary (person)
• Ranglin-Vassell — primary (person)
• Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-06-01 06/01/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-08 06/08/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2018)
• 2018-06-12 06/12/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2018-06-16 06/16/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2018)
• 2018-06-19 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-06-19 06/19/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2018)
• 2018-06-20 06/20/2018 House passed as amended (floor amendment) passage
• 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/22/2018)
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A passage
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 House passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2018-06-27 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-07-02 07/02/2018 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b3cbc798-c9e4-4603-a654-2b6a567d471c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).