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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT"
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description: "Provides that commercial driver instruction would include industry-specific training on the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking."
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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: "HB 5231"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5231 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Brien", "Chippendale", "Corvese", "Fellela", "Newberry", "Phillips", "Read", "Serpa", "Solomon"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2025-01-29"
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last_action: "2025-06-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abfc0a2a-f81c-47f7-8ccc-676fefdf7021"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "f1f4146258bedf84608397e24dd8697853baf2ec0fc24bb2f0531205c265fc45"
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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 HB 5231 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RHODE ISLAND UNIFORM COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ACT
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Provides that commercial driver instruction would include industry-specific training on the recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking.
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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. **5231** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5231.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bennett — primary (person)
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- Brien — primary (person)
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- Chippendale — primary (person)
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- Corvese — primary (person)
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- Fellela — primary (person)
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- Newberry — primary (person)
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- Phillips — primary (person)
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- Read — primary (person)
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- Serpa — primary (person)
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- Solomon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-29** 01/29/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/12/2025)
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- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (02/27/2025)
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- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/13/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 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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- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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/abfc0a2a-f81c-47f7-8ccc-676fefdf7021`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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