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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - REGIONAL VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Seeks to advance economic development by guaranteeing students the right to enroll in approved career technical educational programs and allows them to enroll outside the district of residence if their district does not offer a duplicate program.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - REGIONAL VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Seeks to advance economic development by guaranteeing students the right to enroll in approved career technical educational programs and allows them to enroll outside the district of residence if their district does not offer a duplicate program.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 212"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 212 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Families", "Cities & Towns", "Economic Development", "Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallo", "Pearson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35de22e1-5b63-4c50-9191-777b38f4d85e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "dd31d10cafc26a80edd77b88ed366fbd5cbcb1dc1d0d9ec7c91f976bb4e5124b"
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 212 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - REGIONAL VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Seeks to advance economic development by guaranteeing students the right to enroll in approved career technical educational programs and allows them to enroll outside the district of residence if their district does not offer a duplicate program.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **212 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0212A.pdf)
## Votes
- EDUCATION ACT) — **371** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-10** 02/10/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/03/2021)
- **2021-03-03** 03/03/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **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`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed Sub A 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35de22e1-5b63-4c50-9191-777b38f4d85e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).