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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- GUARANTEED ADMISSION FOR EAGLE SCOUT AND GOLD AWARD RECIPIENTS"
+description: "Grants automatic admission to state public institutions for qualified Eagle Scout and Gold award recipients from the Girl Scouts."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 7416"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7416 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cotter", "DeSimone", "Fogarty", "Kazarian", "McEntee", "Read", "Shanley", "Speakman", "Spears", "Stewart"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-01-30"
+last_action: "2026-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5116e14d-f350-449e-a5ef-d55befbe5ea7"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "85fab51ec89d05d924d75fa865143b4604e11c4eb08281ee64519c45487c5531"
+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 7416 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- GUARANTEED ADMISSION FOR EAGLE SCOUT AND GOLD AWARD RECIPIENTS
+
+Grants automatic admission to state public institutions for qualified Eagle Scout and Gold award recipients from the Girl Scouts.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7416 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7416A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- DeSimone — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+- Stewart — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-30** 01/30/2026 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-06** 02/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/10/2026)
+- **2026-02-10** 02/10/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2026)
+- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/5116e14d-f350-449e-a5ef-d55befbe5ea7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+