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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND HOPE SCHOLARSHIP PILOT PROGRAM ACT (Establishes the Rhode Island hope scholarship pilot program to provide two-year scholarships to junior and seniors at Rhode Island college.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND HOPE SCHOLARSHIP PILOT PROGRAM ACT (Establishes the Rhode Island hope scholarship pilot program to provide two-year scholarships to junior and seniors at Rhode Island college.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 5099"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5099 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Appropriation", "Business & Professions", "Education", "Finance", "Higher Education"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Biah", "Diaz", "Donovan", "Felix", "McGaw", "McNamara", "Sanchez", "Shallcross Smith"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-12"
+last_action: "2023-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c87c9b6b-dd5d-4c3f-8403-a492d884d11c"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "d7c53aab9a2c16af2e88f349da78c45fb7f0a2252a548cbee8e883892c1f5167"
+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 HB 5099 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND HOPE SCHOLARSHIP PILOT PROGRAM ACT (Establishes the Rhode Island hope scholarship pilot program to provide two-year scholarships to junior and seniors at Rhode Island college.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5099 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5099aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AS AMENDED — **55–3** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **58–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Biah — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Sanchez — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-12** 01/12/2023 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/20/2023)
+- **2023-04-20** 04/20/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-24** 06/24/2023 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/c87c9b6b-dd5d-4c3f-8403-a492d884d11c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+