---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - THE RHODE ISLAND CHILDREN'S CRUSADE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (Establishes the college crusade of Rhode Island, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization registered with the Rhode Island secretary of state, as the entity that will administer and operate all program services and manage scholarship resources.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - THE RHODE ISLAND CHILDREN'S CRUSADE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (Establishes the college crusade of Rhode Island, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization registered with the Rhode Island secretary of state, as the entity that will administer and operate all program services and manage scholarship resources.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5683"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5683 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher Education", "Children and Families"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barros", "Diaz", "Kazarian", "Maldonado", "Tobon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-01"
last_action: "2017-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea49d05d-1c15-4c32-a34a-d1e975dd522d"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "5e84529e3c444ff161bbd844031ab863f609c7a426afc3df3acafdd9197ba1bb"
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 HB 5683 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - THE RHODE ISLAND CHILDREN'S CRUSADE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (Establishes the college crusade of Rhode Island, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization registered with the Rhode Island secretary of state, as the entity that will administer and operate all program services and manage scholarship resources.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5683** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5683.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barros — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Maldonado — primary (person)
- Tobon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-01** 03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-31** 03/31/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2017)
- **2017-04-05** 04/05/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-13** 07/13/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 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/ea49d05d-1c15-4c32-a34a-d1e975dd522d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).