---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ALL STUDENTS COUNT ACT (Creates the \"All Students Count Act\" and requires the dept. of elementary and secondary education to use separate collection categories/tabulations for specified Asian ethnic groups in every demographic report on ancestry or ethnic origins of residents.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ALL STUDENTS COUNT ACT (Creates the \"All Students Count Act\" and requires the dept. of elementary and secondary education to use separate collection categories/tabulations for specified Asian ethnic groups in every demographic report on ancestry or ethnic origins of residents.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 439"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 439 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Children and Families", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calkin", "Picard", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-02"
last_action: "2017-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac027fcc-dcc7-4ae3-b815-ac0f11bc9851"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "1d65cd17c87ed9c363cdf4f8a5bef33ceb24505fcf63721ea9ca67327d334af7"
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 439 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ALL STUDENTS COUNT ACT (Creates the "All Students Count Act" and requires the dept. of elementary and secondary education to use separate collection categories/tabulations for specified Asian ethnic groups in every demographic report on ancestry or ethnic origins of residents.)

## Version chain

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

1. **439** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0439.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Calkin — primary (person)
- Picard — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-02** 03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-20** 03/20/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2017)
- **2017-03-22** 03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2017)
- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2017)
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 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/ac027fcc-dcc7-4ae3-b815-ac0f11bc9851`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).