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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- APPRENTICESHIP PATHWAYS TO EARNING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE ACT (Creates the Apprenticeship Pathways to Earning a Bachelor’s Degree Act, to enable an individual to earn a bachelor’s degree at public higher education institutions throughout the state by earning credits through apprenticeships.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- APPRENTICESHIP PATHWAYS TO EARNING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE ACT (Creates the Apprenticeship Pathways to Earning a Bachelor’s Degree Act, to enable an individual to earn a bachelor’s degree at public higher education institutions throughout the state by earning credits through apprenticeships.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 178"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 178 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Education", "Higher Education", "Labor", "Minors"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Euer", "Felag", "Gallo", "Lawson", "Pearson", "Valverde", "Zurier"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-16"
+last_action: "2023-06-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac1c438b-ae85-4fc6-bf9e-790d24abe211"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "e61c310558d227f6c181a0522f859a662adb1980a0411bda0dee8d09bc9fcb8c"
+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 178 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- APPRENTICESHIP PATHWAYS TO EARNING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE ACT (Creates the Apprenticeship Pathways to Earning a Bachelor’s Degree Act, to enable an individual to earn a bachelor’s degree at public higher education institutions throughout the state by earning credits through apprenticeships.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **178** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0178.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- EARNING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE ACT — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+- Zurier — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-16** 02/16/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/19/2023)
+- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/27/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-27** 04/27/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-28** 04/28/2023 Referred to House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2023)
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-21** 06/21/2023 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/ac1c438b-ae85-4fc6-bf9e-790d24abe211`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+