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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Creates the "Rhode Island Student Success Act" which would identify those students who are exempt from paying nonresident tuition at public universities, colleges or community colleges.) AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Creates the "Rhode Island Student Success Act" which would identify those students who are exempt from paying nonresident tuition at public universities, colleges or community colleges.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2021 HB 5238 Rhode Island HB 5238 (2021)
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Rhode Island HB 5238 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Creates the "Rhode Island Student Success Act" which would identify those students who are exempt from paying nonresident tuition at public universities, colleges or community colleges.)

Version chain

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

  1. 5238 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 862 (fail) · lower
  • PASSAGE — 639 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Ajello — primary (person)
  • Alzate — primary (person)
  • Batista — primary (person)
  • Biah — primary (person)
  • Diaz — primary (person)
  • McNamara — primary (person)
  • Perez — primary (person)
  • Slater — primary (person)
  • Tobon — primary (person)
  • Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-29 01/29/2021 Introduced, referred to House Education introduction, referral-committee
  • 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
  • 2021-06-04 06/04/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2021)
  • 2021-06-09 06/09/2021 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-06-11 06/11/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2021)
  • 2021-06-16 06/16/2021 House read and passed passage
  • 2021-06-21 06/21/2021 Referred to Senate Education referral-committee
  • 2021-06-21 06/21/2021 Scheduled for hearing (06/23/2021)
  • 2021-06-23 06/23/2021 Committee heard
  • 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)
  • 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-06-30 06/30/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
  • 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 Senate passed in concurrence passage
  • 2021-07-08 07/08/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-07-12 07/12/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/36fcaf0e-08bd-4742-ad01-348494dda8b1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).