House Bill #5685 (2017)
AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ROAD TEST
At no cost to the state, allows a person who is bilingual or not proficient in the English language, to be assisted in their road test by a translator of their native language who is at least eighteen (18) years of age.
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2017-03-01: Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
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2017-03-03: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2017)
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2017-03-08: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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2017-06-29: House passed Sub A
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2017-06-29: Committee recommends passage of Sub A
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2017-06-29: Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2017)
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2017-06-29: Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2017)
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2017-06-30: Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2017)
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2017-09-14: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
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2017-09-19: Senate voted to reconsider
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2017-09-19: Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
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2017-09-19: Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
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2017-09-19: Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment)
Changes since original draft
2017 – H 5685- 2017 – H 5685 SUBSTITUTE A AS AMENDED
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LC001972- LC001972/SUB A
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S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D- S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D
- IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
- JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017
____________ A N A C T RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES – ROAD TEST- ____________
- A N A C T
- RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES – ROAD TEST
- Introduced By: Representatives Williams, Perez, Diaz, Maldonado, and Slater
- Date Introduced: March 01, 2017
- Referred To: House Judiciary
- It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
- SECTION 1. Section 31-10-22 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-10 entitled "Operators' and Chauffeurs' Licenses" is hereby amended to read as follows:
- SECTION 1. Section 31-10-22 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-10 entitled "Operators' and Chauffeurs' Licenses" is hereby amended to read as follows:
- 31-10-22. Road test.
(a) All applicants for a motor vehicle license shall pass a motor vehicle road test as prescribed by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles in a motor vehicle supplied by the applicant or in a dual controlled motor vehicle supplied by the state. In the case of the examination for a chauffeur to operate a truck, tractor, trailer, tractor semi-trailer, bus, or other vehicle for hire or a person who will operate only a vehicle equipped with automatic shift or a person who is disabled and requires the use of a specially equipped motor vehicle, those persons shall be examined in vehicles furnished by them. (b) At the option of any person who is disabled, the road test shall be administered by the local office of the division of motor vehicles nearest that person's home. A fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) twenty-six dollars and fifty cents ($26.50) shall be charged for all road tests, including repeat road tests, following failure of a road test. (c) Any person who is bilingual or who is not proficient in the English language, shall have the option of being assisted during the road test by a translator of their native language who is at least eighteen (18) years of age. Said translator shall be provided by the person taking the road test, and shall be provided at the sole expense of the person taking the road test. (d) A fee of twenty-six dollars and fifty cents ($26.50) shall be charged for all road tests, including repeat road tests, following failure of a road test. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. ======== LC001972 ========- (a) All applicants for a motor vehicle license shall pass a motor vehicle road test as prescribed by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles in a motor vehicle supplied by the applicant or in a dual controlled motor vehicle supplied by the state. In the case of the examination for a chauffeur to operate a truck, tractor, trailer, tractor semi-trailer, bus, or other vehicle for hire or a person who will operate only a vehicle equipped with automatic shift or a person who is disabled and requires the use of a specially equipped motor vehicle, those persons shall be examined in vehicles furnished by them. At the option of any person who is disabled, the road test shall be administered by the local office of the division of motor vehicles nearest that person's home. A fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be charged for all road tests, including repeat road tests, following failure of a road test.
- (b) Any applicant for a motor vehicle license, with limited English proficiency (LEP) may during the road test, be accompanied by an interpreter, at their own expense and choosing, who may translate the road test examiner's directions to the applicant. The interpreter shall be eighteen (18) years of age or older. The applicant shall be responsible for and assume all liability for the presence of the interpreter in the motor vehicle. The division of motor vehicles is authorized and directed to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this subsection.
- SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on January 1, 2018. ======== LC001972/SUB A ========
- EXPLANATION
- BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
- OF
- A N A C T
- RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES – ROAD TEST
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- This act would, at no cost to the state, allow a person who is bilingual or not proficient in the English language, to be assisted in their road test by a translator of their native language who is at least eighteen (18) years of age.
This act would take effect upon passage. ======== LC001972 ========- This act would take effect on January 1, 2018. ======== LC001972/SUB A ========
Votes
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House or Senate Journal from the day of the vote.
June 29, 2017 at 6:02pm
Yeas: 72 /
Nays: 0 /
Not voting: 3 /
Recused: 0
Floor vote for Approval of Amendment
September 19, 2017 at 10:02pm
Yeas: 33 /
Nays: 0 /
Not voting: 5 /
Recused: 0
Floor vote for Passage as Amended
September 19, 2017 at 10:03pm
Yeas: 31 /
Nays: 2 /
Not voting: 5 /
Recused: 0