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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PUPIL TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES"
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description: "Amends the definitions of a “pupil transportation vehicle” to a vehicle contrasted to seat not more than ten (10) passengers plus the operator, rather than the existing limit of eight (8) passengers."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 636"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 636 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "DiPalma", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "Mack", "McKenney", "Murray", "Ujifusa", "Zurier", "de la Cruz"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-03-07"
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last_action: "2025-06-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a928fda8-4ebb-48d1-89ac-dddbd6269048"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "f93c8a7d238cad18ee8c184886d95fc8c5af6fd2cacc537bfa264afa162e4d2d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island SB 636 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PUPIL TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES
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Amends the definitions of a “pupil transportation vehicle” to a vehicle contrasted to seat not more than ten (10) passengers plus the operator, rather than the existing limit of eight (8) passengers.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **636** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0636.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- DiMario — primary (person)
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- DiPalma — primary (person)
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- Gallo — primary (person)
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- LaMountain — primary (person)
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- Mack — primary (person)
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- McKenney — primary (person)
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- Murray — primary (person)
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- Ujifusa — primary (person)
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- Zurier — primary (person)
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- de la Cruz — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2025)
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- **2025-04-02** 04/02/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
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- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/23/2025)
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- **2025-04-25** 04/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2025)
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- **2025-04-30** 04/30/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/06/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-07** 05/07/2025 Referred to House Education `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-25** 05/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
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- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a928fda8-4ebb-48d1-89ac-dddbd6269048`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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