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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE EDUCATION COMMISSION (Creates the Holocaust and genocide education commission.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE EDUCATION COMMISSION (Creates the Holocaust and genocide education commission.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 840"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 840 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Commissions", "Education", "Higher Education", "State Affairs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gallo", "Goldin", "Kallman", "Miller", "Paolino"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-04-23"
+last_action: "2021-07-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2abab9df-df75-44cc-9f6c-b7bb1c8214bb"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "7063a7f3a02b69190dda4b33a121e384aa43f987212b10ed867c16fcd401a42a"
+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 840 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE EDUCATION COMMISSION (Creates the Holocaust and genocide education commission.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **840 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0840A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- COMMISSION — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- Goldin — primary (person)
+- Kallman — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Paolino — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/12/2021)
+- **2021-05-11** 05/11/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-05-12** 05/12/2021 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
+- **2021-05-12** 05/12/2021 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Meeting postponed (06/30/2021)
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2021)
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-09** 07/09/2021 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/2abab9df-df75-44cc-9f6c-b7bb1c8214bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+