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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - TUITION FOR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY (Grants instate tuition status at state operated schools to active duty and reserve members stationed in Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - TUITION FOR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY (Grants instate tuition status at state operated schools to active duty and reserve members stationed in Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 462"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 462 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Military Affairs", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Felag", "McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-02"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d1ae53f-4d71-4b0b-b212-d62b5519ded9"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "c5014ec3a0b9f74ea3184d9bd5cfdad35bd919878547d6d856ebd15c1a3c3b6c"
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 462 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - TUITION FOR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY (Grants instate tuition status at state operated schools to active duty and reserve members stationed in Rhode Island.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **462** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0462.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **630** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **340** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-03-02** 03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/30/2017)
- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2017)
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2017)
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Meeting postponed (09/15/2017)
- **2017-09-18** 09/18/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on House Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-10-03** 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-05** 10/05/2017 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/6d1ae53f-4d71-4b0b-b212-d62b5519ded9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).