---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - THE RHODE ISLAND CHILDREN'S CRUSADE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (Establishes the college crusade of Rhode Island, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization registered with the Rhode Island secretary of state, as the entity that will administer and operate all program services and manage scholarship resources.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - THE RHODE ISLAND CHILDREN'S CRUSADE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (Establishes the college crusade of Rhode Island, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization registered with the Rhode Island secretary of state, as the entity that will administer and operate all program services and manage scholarship resources.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 883"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 883 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallo", "Metts", "Pearson", "Satchell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-11"
last_action: "2017-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5634d56e-65ae-493e-a25d-6c9b0afe6760"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "ac4fb92d92009ae226e543f287e4865fa4c9a0e447970d88ab98ddef7b7970a5"
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 883 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - THE RHODE ISLAND CHILDREN'S CRUSADE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (Establishes the college crusade of Rhode Island, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization registered with the Rhode Island secretary of state, as the entity that will administer and operate all program services and manage scholarship resources.)

## Version chain

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

1. **883** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0883.pdf)

## Votes

- FOR HIGHER EDUCATION — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-11** 05/11/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-05-12** 05/12/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2017)
- **2017-05-17** 05/17/2017 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`
- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2017)
- **2017-06-01** 06/01/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 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/5634d56e-65ae-493e-a25d-6c9b0afe6760`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).