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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT (Eliminates the exemption for firefighters from having to complete a road safety test in order to obtain a commercial drivers license.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT (Eliminates the exemption for firefighters from having to complete a road safety test in order to obtain a commercial drivers license.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 3036"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3036 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-06-17"
last_action: "2022-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d123fabc-5d04-4141-81a7-1e974994ca89"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a14afe15aa79a0c3a4d1aa50db8bc02d1e868447ac0587fd5779fec132312e31"
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 3036 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT (Eliminates the exemption for firefighters from having to complete a road safety test in order to obtain a commercial drivers license.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **3036** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S3036.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **643** (pass) · upper
- COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT — **340** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Burke — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-06** 07/06/2022 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d123fabc-5d04-4141-81a7-1e974994ca89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).