---
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: "SB 77"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 77 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Fees", "Finance", "Higher Education", "Labor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "DiPalma", "Gallo", "Mack", "Murray", "Pearson", "Valverde", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87d337b8-20ab-45fd-a9f9-81f42fab713b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "2e34bc114b60eb615f1f5c4547dc85a8f500b1cc5751417bad9ab1448011f40a"
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 77 (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. **77 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0077aa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **29–5** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **55–4** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **27–4** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cano — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** 02/01/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2023)
- **2023-04-27** 04/27/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/15/2023)
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Senate voted to reconsider
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **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 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/87d337b8-20ab-45fd-a9f9-81f42fab713b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).