---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND HOPE SCHOLARSHIP PILOT PROGRAM ACT (Establishes the Rhode Island hope scholarship pilot program to provide two-year scholarships to junior and seniors at Rhode Island college.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND HOPE SCHOLARSHIP PILOT PROGRAM ACT (Establishes the Rhode Island hope scholarship pilot program to provide two-year scholarships to junior and seniors at Rhode Island college.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5099"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5099 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Business & Professions", "Education", "Finance", "Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Biah", "Diaz", "Donovan", "Felix", "McGaw", "McNamara", "Sanchez", "Shallcross Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c87c9b6b-dd5d-4c3f-8403-a492d884d11c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d7c53aab9a2c16af2e88f349da78c45fb7f0a2252a548cbee8e883892c1f5167"
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 5099 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND HOPE SCHOLARSHIP PILOT PROGRAM ACT (Establishes the Rhode Island hope scholarship pilot program to provide two-year scholarships to junior and seniors at Rhode Island college.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5099 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5099aa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **55–3** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **58–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Biah — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Sanchez — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** 01/12/2023 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/20/2023)
- **2023-04-20** 04/20/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-24** 06/24/2023 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/c87c9b6b-dd5d-4c3f-8403-a492d884d11c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).