---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- APPRENTICESHIP PATHWAYS TO EARNING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE ACT (Creates the Apprenticeship Pathways to Earning a Bachelor’s Degree Act, to enable an individual to earn a bachelor’s degree at public higher education institutions throughout the state by earning credits through apprenticeships.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- APPRENTICESHIP PATHWAYS TO EARNING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE ACT (Creates the Apprenticeship Pathways to Earning a Bachelor’s Degree Act, to enable an individual to earn a bachelor’s degree at public higher education institutions throughout the state by earning credits through apprenticeships.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6477"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6477 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Cruz", "Giraldo", "McNamara", "Potter", "Sanchez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-06-02"
last_action: "2023-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77a5c648-d36f-4149-9f4f-20f1ae3cff71"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "458f3cc2bae77c3cda3f2c63a6ca6ed2f262f20f98fb28c409f661ce403b3a22"
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 6477 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- APPRENTICESHIP PATHWAYS TO EARNING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE ACT (Creates the Apprenticeship Pathways to Earning a Bachelor’s Degree Act, to enable an individual to earn a bachelor’s degree at public higher education institutions throughout the state by earning credits through apprenticeships.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6477** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6477.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boylan — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Sanchez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/07/2023)
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2023)
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-21** 06/21/2023 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/77a5c648-d36f-4149-9f4f-20f1ae3cff71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).