republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2026/sb-2182.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES	Exempts an individual in foster or adoptive homes from the fee associated with drivers education classes at the community college of Rhode Island.	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2026	SB 2182	Rhode Island SB 2182 (2026)	bill		enacted	Appollonio Euer Famiglietti LaMountain McKenney Quezada Urso Valverde Vargas	1	22	3	2026-01-16	2026-06-18	openstates	ocd-bill/94df3d6e-f026-4845-91ed-85e2bab6e88d	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	1384e2bf7bd1bbce3e2dcd1a9c69cbd843b66b0f5572d6702f5f1db02bdecf63	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 2182 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES

Exempts an individual in foster or adoptive homes from the fee associated with drivers education classes at the community college of Rhode Island.

Version chain

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

1. 2182 SUB B (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 66–0 (pass) · upper
• In Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Appollonio — primary (person)
• Euer — primary (person)
• Famiglietti — primary (person)
• LaMountain — primary (person)
• McKenney — primary (person)
• Quezada — primary (person)
• Urso — primary (person)
• Valverde — primary (person)
• Vargas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-16 01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs introduction, referral-committee
• 2026-04-10 04/10/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/15/2026)
• 2026-04-15 04/15/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2026-04-24 04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/29/2026)
• 2026-04-29 04/29/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2026-05-08 05/08/2026 Scheduled for consideration
• 2026-05-13 05/13/2026 Meeting postponed (05/14/2026)
• 2026-05-15 05/15/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2026)
• 2026-05-20 05/20/2026 Proposed Substitute substitution
• 2026-05-21 05/21/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-05-22 05/22/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/26/2026) reading-3
• 2026-05-26 05/26/2026 Senate passed Sub A passage
• 2026-05-27 05/27/2026 Referred to House Finance referral-committee
• 2026-06-03 06/03/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2026)
• 2026-06-03 06/03/2026 Proposed Substitute substitution
• 2026-06-05 06/05/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub B committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-06-06 06/06/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026) reading-3
• 2026-06-08 06/08/2026 House passed Sub B passage
• 2026-06-08 06/08/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026) reading-3
• 2026-06-10 06/10/2026 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence passage
• 2026-06-16 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-06-18 06/18/2026 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/94df3d6e-f026-4845-91ed-85e2bab6e88d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).