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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID"
+description: "Ends transaction fees for school lunches in all districts. This act requires at least one no-fee payment method for school lunches and a full disclosure whether fees will be charged by a payment platform."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 8129"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8129 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "DeSimone", "Donovan", "Furtado", "Kislak", "O'Brien", "Read", "Speakman", "Spears"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-02-27"
+last_action: "2026-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95eb93cc-42bd-4320-90cd-bbfd03ddeebc"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "4b9694725667f04f3960bd77610e5b1f2639822eca6560acc04ebe09b23f6194"
+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 8129 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID
+
+Ends transaction fees for school lunches in all districts. This act requires at least one no-fee payment method for school lunches and a full disclosure whether fees will be charged by a payment platform.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8129** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8129.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **62–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- DeSimone — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Furtado — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/24/2026)
+- **2026-03-24** 03/24/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2026)
+- **2026-05-19** 05/19/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/28/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 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/95eb93cc-42bd-4320-90cd-bbfd03ddeebc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+