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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: "SB 77"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 77 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education", "Fees", "Finance", "Higher Education", "Labor"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "DiPalma", "Gallo", "Mack", "Murray", "Pearson", "Valverde", "Zurier"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-02-01"
+last_action: "2023-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87d337b8-20ab-45fd-a9f9-81f42fab713b"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "2e34bc114b60eb615f1f5c4547dc85a8f500b1cc5751417bad9ab1448011f40a"
+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 77 (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. **77 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0077aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **29–5** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **55–4** (pass) · upper
+- Passage as Amended — **27–4** (pass) · upper
+- Approval of Amendment — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cano — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- Mack — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+- Zurier — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-01** 02/01/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2023)
+- **2023-04-27** 04/27/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/15/2023)
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Senate voted to reconsider
+- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **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 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/87d337b8-20ab-45fd-a9f9-81f42fab713b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+