---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CIVIC EDUCATION COMMISSION (Alters the membership, reporting protocol, and meeting requirements of the civic education commission.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CIVIC EDUCATION COMMISSION (Alters the membership, reporting protocol, and meeting requirements of the civic education commission.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 633"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 633 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commissions", "Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Gallo", "Metts", "Pearson", "Satchell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-29"
last_action: "2017-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2c1c7c6-cf84-4205-a54e-4421321150af"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "a27f3f1588c3156ff4e8b9a67e97417602aac4b905801122b7c6643282315fd6"
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 633 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CIVIC EDUCATION COMMISSION (Alters the membership, reporting protocol, and meeting requirements of the civic education commission.)

## Version chain

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

1. **633 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0633A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Metts — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Satchell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-29** 03/29/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-04-28** 04/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/03/2017)
- **2017-05-03** 05/03/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-09** 05/09/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/11/2017)
- **2017-05-11** 05/11/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-05-12** 05/12/2017 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A 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 Sub A 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/d2c1c7c6-cf84-4205-a54e-4421321150af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).