---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL BUILDING CORPORATION"
description: "Updates the statutory terminology by replacing the phrase \"institutions of higher learning\" with that of \"educational institutions\" and redefines child daycare centers as educational institutions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 640"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 640 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Burke", "LaMountain"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-07"
last_action: "2025-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef940b0d-5146-45fd-9a52-94aa366df208"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6f0b4fc71c78ee8d59bcb2fe2499e07a257ae473accc4481a149af209b0df47f"
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 640 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL BUILDING CORPORATION

Updates the statutory terminology by replacing the phrase "institutions of higher learning" with that of "educational institutions" and redefines child daycare centers as educational institutions.

## Version chain

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

1. **640 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0640Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Approval of Amendment — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appollonio — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Meeting postponed (03/26/2025)
- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2025)
- **2025-04-09** 04/09/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/23/2025)
- **2025-04-25** 04/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2025)
- **2025-04-29** 04/29/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-04-30** 04/30/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/06/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-05-07** 05/07/2025 Referred to House Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2025)
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 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/ef940b0d-5146-45fd-9a52-94aa366df208`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).