---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ACCESS TO ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES FOR ALL STUDENTS ACT (Same as 21H-5522 SUB A/2 -- Establishes a process for CCRI, RIC and URI to accept for college credit an advanced placement subject test score of three (3) (\"qualified\") or better in an advanced placement course.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ACCESS TO ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES FOR ALL STUDENTS ACT (Same as 21H-5522 SUB A/2 -- Establishes a process for CCRI, RIC and URI to accept for college credit an advanced placement subject test score of three (3) (\"qualified\") or better in an advanced placement course.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 6603"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6603 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Amore", "Giraldo", "J Lombardi", "Morales", "Potter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-06"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef151a3a-24a4-4e92-b59b-f4bb7702c21e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "44200122a1691e4b84205a854c505aed0e5668241d722732ba9f3be97fa1af6c"
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 6603 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ACCESS TO ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES FOR ALL STUDENTS ACT (Same as 21H-5522 SUB A/2 -- Establishes a process for CCRI, RIC and URI to accept for college credit an advanced placement subject test score of three (3) ("qualified") or better in an advanced placement course.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6603 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H6603A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **62–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Amore — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- J Lombardi — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06** 01/06/2022 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-11** 06/11/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2022)
- **2022-06-11** 06/11/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/ef151a3a-24a4-4e92-b59b-f4bb7702c21e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).