republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/hb-5826.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP (Allows students who are legally unable to complete the FAFSA to complete a comparable form created by the college.)	AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP (Allows students who are legally unable to complete the FAFSA to complete a comparable form created by the college.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	HB 5826	Rhode Island HB 5826 (2021)	bill	Education Finance Higher Education Minors	enacted	Alzate Amore Baginski Batista Biah Diaz Henries Hull McNamara Williams	1	11	1	2021-02-24	2021-07-09	openstates	ocd-bill/1594433b-52e2-4640-b85a-ded89684b2f9	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	83c61b0508fc80015e2c882cb03f4e16af3dd06d6fb2def9a038543e87a6844a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5826 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP (Allows students who are legally unable to complete the FAFSA to complete a comparable form created by the college.)

Version chain

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

1. 5826 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 65–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alzate — primary (person)
• Amore — primary (person)
• Baginski — primary (person)
• Batista — primary (person)
• Biah — primary (person)
• Diaz — primary (person)
• Henries — primary (person)
• Hull — primary (person)
• McNamara — primary (person)
• Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-24 02/24/2021 Introduced, referred to House Education introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-19 03/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/24/2021)
• 2021-03-24 03/24/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2021-06-25 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
• 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2021)
• 2021-06-29 06/29/2021 House read and passed passage
• 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
• 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 Senate passed in concurrence passage
• 2021-07-07 07/07/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-07-09 07/09/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1594433b-52e2-4640-b85a-ded89684b2f9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).