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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- AMERICANIZATION OF SCHOOLS (Repeals requirement that persons between 16 and 21 who cannot speak, read or write English to attend classes until they learn (minimum 200 hours). Also repeals fines and institutional commitment for failure to take such classes.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- AMERICANIZATION OF SCHOOLS (Repeals requirement that persons between 16 and 21 who cannot speak, read or write English to attend classes until they learn (minimum 200 hours). Also repeals fines and institutional commitment for failure to take such classes.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "SB 265"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 265 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Children and Families", "Cultural", "Education"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "Conley", "Crowley", "Metts", "Nesselbush"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-02-13"
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last_action: "2019-07-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22af1a49-e349-4c91-aa19-e9f4a9a80e5a"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "12254fc282649b9bb59eb8a8f901f2344c722a3583ae4d3239b974f5c63335f7"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island SB 265 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- AMERICANIZATION OF SCHOOLS (Repeals requirement that persons between 16 and 21 who cannot speak, read or write English to attend classes until they learn (minimum 200 hours). Also repeals fines and institutional commitment for failure to take such classes.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **265** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0265.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **37–1** (pass) · upper
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cano — primary (person)
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- Conley — primary (person)
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- Crowley — primary (person)
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- Metts — primary (person)
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- Nesselbush — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-13** 02/13/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-26** 04/26/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/01/2019)
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- **2019-05-01** 05/01/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2019)
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- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2019)
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- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2019)
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- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar
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- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/26/2019)
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- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/27/2019)
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- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22af1a49-e349-4c91-aa19-e9f4a9a80e5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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