---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Establishes a process by which a virtual education plan may be established and used by school districts during inclement weather which would count as a school day, provided that the plan is approved by the council on elementary and secondary education.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Establishes a process by which a virtual education plan may be established and used by school districts during inclement weather which would count as a school day, provided that the plan is approved by the council on elementary and secondary education.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 101"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 101 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Education", "Children and Families", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Picard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3acafb60-8ec1-4ba6-8e0f-1774e5b07f80"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "2c9106f7b910413595df39e8150193853fab532e8a6c0c78382312a181e213bc"
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 101 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Establishes a process by which a virtual education plan may be established and used by school districts during inclement weather which would count as a school day, provided that the plan is approved by the council on elementary and secondary education.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **101** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0101.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · legislature
- COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS — **36–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Picard — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-01** 02/01/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-31** 03/31/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2017)
- **2017-04-05** 04/05/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2017)
- **2017-05-24** 05/24/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-25** 05/25/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/31/2017)
- **2017-05-31** 05/31/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-01** 06/01/2017 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-19** 07/19/2017 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/3acafb60-8ec1-4ba6-8e0f-1774e5b07f80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).