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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: "SB 2432"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2432 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Ciccone", "DiPalma", "Dimitri", "Felag", "LaMountain", "Patalano", "Tikoian", "Urso", "Zurier"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-06"
+last_action: "2026-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c4574f6-5927-4036-bd69-048e2ab5577d"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "04fbc6b10ff7e5b4dee09dafd9190e35e8eb7737ea3cb4632da8effb65258938"
+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 2432 (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. **2432 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2432A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acosta — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Dimitri — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- Patalano — primary (person)
+- Tikoian — primary (person)
+- Urso — primary (person)
+- Zurier — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-06** 02/06/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/25/2026)
+- **2026-03-25** 03/25/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
+- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/28/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House 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/6c4574f6-5927-4036-bd69-048e2ab5577d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+