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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION"
+description: "Provides any student, who meets the requirements of this section, with an exemption from paying nonresident tuition at Rhode Island public universities, colleges, or community colleges."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 2650"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2650 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Ciccone", "Mack", "Quezada", "Vargas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2026-02-27"
+last_action: "2026-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b6f0755-22b6-4967-98d2-8dcfa09b1263"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "636fd5e69571272ece2c07705570679654b022498064799e63b35c2f2caf0f99"
+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 2650 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
+
+Provides any student, who meets the requirements of this section, with an exemption from paying nonresident tuition at Rhode Island public universities, colleges, or community colleges.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2650 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2650aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **32–4** (pass) · upper
+- AS AMENDED — **61–9** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **61–8** (pass) · upper
+- In Concurrence — **34–4** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acosta — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- Mack — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+- Vargas — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 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 recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/31/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-31** 03/31/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-01** 04/01/2026 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/4b6f0755-22b6-4967-98d2-8dcfa09b1263`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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