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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- PRIVATE SCHOOLS (Requires accreditation by a Regional Accrediting Agency recognized by the United States Department of Education for distance learning institutions to transact business or grant degrees in Rhode Island.) AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- PRIVATE SCHOOLS (Requires accreditation by a Regional Accrediting Agency recognized by the United States Department of Education for distance learning institutions to transact business or grant degrees in Rhode Island.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2017 HB 5661 Rhode Island HB 5661 (2017)
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Rhode Island HB 5661 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- PRIVATE SCHOOLS (Requires accreditation by a Regional Accrediting Agency recognized by the United States Department of Education for distance learning institutions to transact business or grant degrees in Rhode Island.)

Version chain

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

  1. 5661 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 720 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Fellela — primary (person)
  • Kazarian — primary (person)
  • McNamara — primary (person)
  • Messier — primary (person)
  • Morin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-03-01 03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. referral-committee, introduction
  • 2017-03-17 03/17/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2017)
  • 2017-03-22 03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
  • 2017-04-03 04/03/2017 Scheduled for consideration (04/05/2017)
  • 2017-04-05 04/05/2017 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-05-19 05/19/2017 Placed on House Calendar (05/23/2017)
  • 2017-05-23 05/23/2017 House read and passed passage
  • 2017-05-30 05/30/2017 Referred to Senate Education referral-committee
  • 2017-06-02 06/02/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/07/2017)
  • 2017-06-07 06/07/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-06-20 06/20/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/21/2017)
  • 2017-06-21 06/21/2017 Senate passed in concurrence passage
  • 2017-06-21 06/21/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2017-06-27 06/27/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7dda8790-4342-4751-929c-56bc1b9b3422. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).