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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Exempts those students in grade twelve (12) who are enrolled full-time in a dual enrollment program where the courses are taken on a higher education institution campus from the requirement that they complete health and physical education courses.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Exempts those students in grade twelve (12) who are enrolled full-time in a dual enrollment program where the courses are taken on a higher education institution campus from the requirement that they complete health and physical education courses.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 755"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 755 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Metts", "Pearson", "Picard", "Satchell"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-04-04"
+last_action: "2019-07-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3031c7d4-c511-452d-b45e-1e77e6526a3c"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "1aee3765820593b518257644eb8123e74db25bb6027fcc6d2a05fafe37687766"
+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 SB 755 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Exempts those students in grade twelve (12) who are enrolled full-time in a dual enrollment program where the courses are taken on a higher education institution campus from the requirement that they complete health and physical education courses.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **755** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0755.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Metts — primary (person)
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+- Picard — primary (person)
+- Satchell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-04-04** 04/04/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/29/2019)
+- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2019)
+- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2019)
+- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/24/2019)
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2019)
+- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/3031c7d4-c511-452d-b45e-1e77e6526a3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+