---
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: "SB 755"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 755 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Metts", "Pearson", "Picard", "Satchell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-04"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3031c7d4-c511-452d-b45e-1e77e6526a3c"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "1aee3765820593b518257644eb8123e74db25bb6027fcc6d2a05fafe37687766"
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 755 (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. **755** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0755.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Metts — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Picard — primary (person)
- Satchell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-04** 04/04/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/29/2019)
- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2019)
- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/24/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 House 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/3031c7d4-c511-452d-b45e-1e77e6526a3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).