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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ACCESS TO ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES FOR ALL STUDENTS ACT (Establishes a process for CCRI, RIC and URI to accept for college credit an advanced placement subject test score of three (3) (\"qualified\") or better in an advanced placement course.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ACCESS TO ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES FOR ALL STUDENTS ACT (Establishes a process for CCRI, RIC and URI to accept for college credit an advanced placement subject test score of three (3) (\"qualified\") or better in an advanced placement course.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 2279"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2279 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "Ciccone", "DiMario", "Euer", "Lawson", "Lombardo", "Murray", "Picard", "Quezada", "Seveney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-02-15"
+last_action: "2022-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/735036d6-5600-4e7e-ab33-0553ff5e67d3"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "708e0a51fbfe0b6efa70de4bdbafbdd63be750e59ed57b51c3c667b53691e88f"
+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 2279 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ACCESS TO ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES FOR ALL STUDENTS ACT (Establishes a process for CCRI, RIC and URI to accept for college credit an advanced placement subject test score of three (3) ("qualified") or better in an advanced placement course.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2279 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2279A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- COURSES FOR ALL STUDENTS ACT — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cano — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- Lombardo — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Picard — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-15** 02/15/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-11** 03/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/15/2022)
+- **2022-03-15** 03/15/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2022)
+- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/07/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 Referred to House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-11** 06/11/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2022)
+- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/735036d6-5600-4e7e-ab33-0553ff5e67d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+