republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/sb-554.md

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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	SB 554	Rhode Island SB 554 (2017)	bill	Dept. of Education Education	enacted	DiPalma Gallo Metts Pearson Satchell	1	14	2	2017-03-15	2017-06-27	openstates	ocd-bill/81de577f-76de-486a-89c2-c7de2813b244	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	71377dd131f9d0da535a25849b6b7503b1e652daa4ecbdb0611c438b0c51f219	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 554 (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. 554 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PRIVATE SCHOOLS — 34–0 (pass) · legislature
• IN CONCURRENCE — 71–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• DiPalma — primary (person)
• Gallo — primary (person)
• Metts — primary (person)
• Pearson — primary (person)
• Satchell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-15 03/15/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Education referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-05-12 05/12/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2017)
• 2017-05-17 05/17/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-05-19 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2017)
• 2017-05-24 05/24/2017 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-30 05/30/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2017)
• 2017-06-01 06/01/2017 Senate read and passed passage
• 2017-06-02 06/02/2017 Referred to House H.E.W. referral-committee
• 2017-06-12 06/12/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2017)
• 2017-06-14 06/14/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-16 06/16/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/21/2017)
• 2017-06-21 06/21/2017 House 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/81de577f-76de-486a-89c2-c7de2813b244. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).