---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID"
description: "Ends transaction fees for school lunches in all districts. This act requires at least one no-fee payment method for school lunches and a full disclosure whether fees will be charged by a payment platform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2635"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2635 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto", "Ciccone", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "Lawson", "Murray", "Thompson", "Tikoian", "Urso"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-13"
last_action: "2026-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ba990d7-8b87-4f3b-a806-2bb1b279fefd"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c9fb15833624a582340bab58418fc1e69b53c7638ae8fb52eb9a92e2e3b01462"
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 2635 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID

Ends transaction fees for school lunches in all districts. This act requires at least one no-fee payment method for school lunches and a full disclosure whether fees will be charged by a payment platform.

## Version chain

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

1. **2635** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2635.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-13** 02/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2026)
- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/28/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 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/2ba990d7-8b87-4f3b-a806-2bb1b279fefd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).