---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Exempts those students in grade twelve (12) who are enrolled full-time in a dual enrollment program where the courses are taken on a higher education institution campus from the requirement that they complete health and physical education courses.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Exempts those students in grade twelve (12) who are enrolled full-time in a dual enrollment program where the courses are taken on a higher education institution campus from the requirement that they complete health and physical education courses.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 6240"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6240 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Edwards"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-06-21"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f88e8c8-934d-4862-9860-1a4ba2fa559d"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "4ff0d6be35e64f94a193316b57245d7048dc5f862dd9986154b8add05ea157c8"
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 6240 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Exempts those students in grade twelve (12) who are enrolled full-time in a dual enrollment program where the courses are taken on a higher education institution campus from the requirement that they complete health and physical education courses.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6240** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H6240.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/24/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/8f88e8c8-934d-4862-9860-1a4ba2fa559d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).