republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/hb-5079.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FUNDRAISING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Allows a school district to assess or request a voluntary contribution of money from a student or the student's parent or legal guardian to make a donation, in whole or in part, for the cost of district-sponsored field trips, dances, and clubs.)	AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FUNDRAISING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Allows a school district to assess or request a voluntary contribution of money from a student or the student's parent or legal guardian to make a donation, in whole or in part, for the cost of district-sponsored field trips, dances, and clubs.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	HB 5079	Rhode Island HB 5079 (2021)	bill	Charitable Organizations Committees Education Finance Miscellaneous	enacted	Barros Casimiro McNamara Noret	1	20	2	2021-01-22	2021-07-08	openstates	ocd-bill/c723384a-dc40-484e-b8e6-da190c757f76	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	aef821b75ff91cdccf1901d61ed830b9a8b04a0d7f75a5b65f8f0baf30efdaa7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5079 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FUNDRAISING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Allows a school district to assess or request a voluntary contribution of money from a student or the student's parent or legal guardian to make a donation, in whole or in part, for the cost of district-sponsored field trips, dances, and clubs.)

Version chain

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

1. 5079 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• IN CONCURRENCE — 70–0 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 75–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barros — primary (person)
• Casimiro — primary (person)
• McNamara — primary (person)
• Noret — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-22 01/22/2021 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-02-02 02/02/2021 Committee transferred to House Education
• 2021-02-18 02/18/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/24/2021)
• 2021-02-24 02/24/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2021-03-01 03/01/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/03/2021)
• 2021-03-03 03/03/2021 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-12 03/12/2021 Placed on House Calendar (03/16/2021)
• 2021-03-16 03/16/2021 House read and passed passage
• 2021-06-04 06/04/2021 Referred to Senate Education referral-committee
• 2021-06-25 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration
• 2021-06-25 06/25/2021 Meeting postponed (06/30/2021)
• 2021-06-25 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
• 2021-06-27 06/27/2021 Proposed Substitute
• 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2021)
• 2021-06-30 06/30/2021 Senate passed Sub A passage
• 2021-06-30 06/30/2021 Placed on House Calendar (07/01/2021)
• 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2021-07-06 07/06/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-07-08 07/08/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c723384a-dc40-484e-b8e6-da190c757f76. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).