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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP (Allows students who are legally unable to complete the FAFSA to complete a comparable form created by the college.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP (Allows students who are legally unable to complete the FAFSA to complete a comparable form created by the college.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 993"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 993 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education", "Finance", "Higher Education", "Minors"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-06-28"
+last_action: "2021-07-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba8dcaa4-4d62-429f-9f3e-2a2d585350e9"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "29df8c0b9afe26aa77d19643161fd7939774bd99d7ca0f71659f85a3db83c001"
+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 993 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP (Allows students who are legally unable to complete the FAFSA to complete a comparable form created by the college.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **993** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0993.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **28–9** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/30/2021)
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed 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/ba8dcaa4-4d62-429f-9f3e-2a2d585350e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+