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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES Reduces the course time required to become a school bus driver for applicants who have a valid commercial drivers license. us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2025 SB 397 Rhode Island SB 397 (2025)
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Rhode Island SB 397 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES

Reduces the course time required to become a school bus driver for applicants who have a valid commercial drivers license.

Version chain

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

  1. 397 SUB A as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passage as Amended — 340 (pass) · upper
  • Approval of Amendment — 330 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Ujifusa — primary (person)
  • Zurier — primary (person)
  • de la Cruz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-26 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Education introduction, referral-committee
  • 2025-03-28 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2025)
  • 2025-04-02 04/02/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2025-04-18 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
  • 2025-04-21 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/23/2025)
  • 2025-04-25 04/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2025)
  • 2025-04-29 04/29/2025 Proposed Substitute substitution
  • 2025-04-30 04/30/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-01 05/01/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/06/2025) reading-3
  • 2025-05-06 05/06/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) passage
  • 2025-05-07 05/07/2025 Referred to House State Government & Elections referral-committee
  • 2025-05-30 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2025)
  • 2025-06-03 06/03/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-06-06 06/06/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) reading-3
  • 2025-06-10 06/10/2025 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence passage
  • 2025-06-10 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2025-06-13 06/13/2025 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e1ecc62c-058f-4095-b49e-2dca98aa4f3f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).