---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION"
description: "Provides any student, who meets the requirements of this section, with an exemption from paying nonresident tuition at Rhode Island public universities, colleges, or community colleges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8252"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8252 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Batista", "Diaz", "Felix", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-06"
last_action: "2026-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9e4f611-6bac-4c6f-a0e1-4c347174c093"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "387552a1be89247bd0c424eac42670d69745baad66c64713a570842bae28eb0e"
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 8252 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

Provides any student, who meets the requirements of this section, with an exemption from paying nonresident tuition at Rhode Island public universities, colleges, or community colleges.

## Version chain

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

1. **8252 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8252aa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **61–7** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **61–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Batista — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-06** 03/06/2026 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-08** 05/08/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/12/2026)
- **2026-05-12** 05/12/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/b9e4f611-6bac-4c6f-a0e1-4c347174c093`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).