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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- STUDENT LOAN BILL OF RIGHTS ACT (Creates the \"student loan bill of rights act\" which establishes guidelines for the issuance of postsecondary loans.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- STUDENT LOAN BILL OF RIGHTS ACT (Creates the \"student loan bill of rights act\" which establishes guidelines for the issuance of postsecondary loans.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 737"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 737 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Financial Institutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Gallo", "Metts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-28"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc8be0aa-8d10-4f77-b227-712fe9aa848b"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "3c4f903ee80dd4656c4dd8e63e3bd33a1f04dce0e95fe53999d129bbbce8669c"
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 737 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- STUDENT LOAN BILL OF RIGHTS ACT (Creates the "student loan bill of rights act" which establishes guidelines for the issuance of postsecondary loans.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **737 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0737A.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage — **350** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **630** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cano — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Metts — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-28** 03/28/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** 04/25/2019 Committee transferred to Senate Finance
- **2019-05-10** 05/10/2019 Scheduled for hearing (05/14/2019)
- **2019-05-14** 05/14/2019 Committee heard
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration
- **2019-06-10** 06/10/2019 Meeting postponed (06/11/2019)
- **2019-06-10** 06/10/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2019)
- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/19/2019)
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-22** 06/22/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2019)
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/fc8be0aa-8d10-4f77-b227-712fe9aa848b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).