---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- OFFENSES PERTAINING TO SCHOOLS (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Prohibits the use of a school district's listserv to distribute any political advertisement, invitation, and/or propaganda.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- OFFENSES PERTAINING TO SCHOOLS (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Prohibits the use of a school district's listserv to distribute any political advertisement, invitation, and/or propaganda.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 89"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 89 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advertising", "Campaign Issues", "Civil Procedure", "Computer Technology", "Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Cano", "Euer", "Paolino", "Raptakis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf003f0b-88d8-4989-9b1d-58328976dbed"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6bd0a162c2d37c89c6bc9f047e59c4b3c548e6ff4a768d130526eefbb4a09772"
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 89 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- OFFENSES PERTAINING TO SCHOOLS (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Prohibits the use of a school district's listserv to distribute any political advertisement, invitation, and/or propaganda.)

## Version chain

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

1. **89** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0089.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
- THE RI BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Paolino — primary (person)
- Raptakis — 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`
- **2021-03-05** 03/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/10/2021)
- **2021-03-10** 03/10/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/12/2021)
- **2021-05-12** 05/12/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** 05/13/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/18/2021)
- **2021-05-18** 05/18/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Referred to House Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** 06/07/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2021)
- **2021-06-09** 06/09/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2021)
- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf003f0b-88d8-4989-9b1d-58328976dbed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).