---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FUNDRAISING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Allows school committees to budget funds for field trips when creating a school budget.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FUNDRAISING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Allows school committees to budget funds for field trips when creating a school budget.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 936"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 936 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Families", "Committees", "Education", "Finance", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-05-27"
last_action: "2021-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5104074-500e-4013-8995-c45d7f576e7b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a46c29c3f729f5d06e2c1efcbd5fc9fae059155cb39e4fb6a5ad669056c250a3"
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 936 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FUNDRAISING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Allows school committees to budget funds for field trips when creating a school budget.)

## Version chain

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

1. **936** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0936.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gallo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/09/2021)
- **2021-06-09** 06/09/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Meeting postponed (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-08** 07/08/2021 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/d5104074-500e-4013-8995-c45d7f576e7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).