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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT -- APPLICATION, EXAMINATION AND ISSUANCE (Eliminates the requirement that a renewal applicant, whose commercial driver's license has expired for more than one year, take examinations.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT -- APPLICATION, EXAMINATION AND ISSUANCE (Eliminates the requirement that a renewal applicant, whose commercial driver's license has expired for more than one year, take examinations.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 8029"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8029 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver Licenses", "Motor Vehicles", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Filippi", "Newberry", "Phillips", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-03-30"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1393e800-5325-487c-9785-f7f9e1b5dedd"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "b342f5ca3af674357cd85e4756080a3fe14f3521ae0d767c5a4ecd47edda3bee"
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 HB 8029 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT -- APPLICATION, EXAMINATION AND ISSUANCE (Eliminates the requirement that a renewal applicant, whose commercial driver's license has expired for more than one year, take examinations.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **8029 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8029A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **730** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Casey — primary (person)
- Filippi — primary (person)
- Newberry — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2018)
- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2018)
- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2018)
- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `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 in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1393e800-5325-487c-9785-f7f9e1b5dedd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).