---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS"
description: "Directs that for a period of two years, the board of education would waive the whole grain requirements for meals served in public schools, for purposes of receiving reimbursement under federal law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 3045"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3045 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-05-03"
last_action: "2024-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01c75ffd-dab9-4d7f-a13c-86581b9803bc"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "35d33cc907e3e6f07347d7368e2ed1ddfb49da3e8fd4b27766be94de83e543e4"
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 3045 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS

Directs that for a period of two years, the board of education would waive the whole grain requirements for meals served in public schools, for purposes of receiving reimbursement under federal law.

## Version chain

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

1. **3045** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S3045.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **58–8** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/08/2024)
- **2024-05-08** 05/08/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-29** 06/29/2024 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/01c75ffd-dab9-4d7f-a13c-86581b9803bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).