---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (Removes the requirement that the scholarship program cease with the enrollment of the high school graduating class of 2021 at the community college of Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (Removes the requirement that the scholarship program cease with the enrollment of the high school graduating class of 2021 at the community college of Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 79"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 79 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Finance", "Higher Education", "Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "Ciccone", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Gallo", "Goodwin", "McCaffrey", "Pearson", "Ruggerio", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33982d17-1a10-4715-8f0e-ee63ad1bb018"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e667d60924a0eecdd775ac199a0a014131ad87d593dbf997caff2fb33ccc2277"
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 79 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (Removes the requirement that the scholarship program cease with the enrollment of the high school graduating class of 2021 at the community college of Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

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

1. **79 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0079A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–5** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- In Concurrence — **33–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cano — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** 01/26/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** 03/11/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/17/2021)
- **2021-03-17** 03/17/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-04-02** 04/02/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/07/2021)
- **2021-04-07** 04/07/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** 04/08/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/13/2021)
- **2021-04-13** 04/13/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-04-14** 04/14/2021 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/11/2021)
- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-05-11** 05/11/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/18/2021)
- **2021-05-18** 05/18/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/25/2021)
- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 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/33982d17-1a10-4715-8f0e-ee63ad1bb018`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).