republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/sb-458.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- AFRICAN HERITAGE HISTORY EDUCATION (Requires implementation of education courses in African American history in elementary and secondary schools in Rhode Island commencing in the 2022-2023 school year.)	AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- AFRICAN HERITAGE HISTORY EDUCATION (Requires implementation of education courses in African American history in elementary and secondary schools in Rhode Island commencing in the 2022-2023 school year.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	SB 458	Rhode Island SB 458 (2021)	bill	Cultural Education Minors Teachers	enacted	Acosta Anderson Bell Calkin DiMario Kallman Lawson Mack Quezada Valverde	1	14	1	2021-03-04	2021-07-09	openstates	ocd-bill/645235fa-7b31-4ac3-a40d-1079a7410ec4	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	a0a71211c88ad1dbb785d30c7c80ae26f765b8835b9e9487ad2af35fbbe53c0b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 458 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- AFRICAN HERITAGE HISTORY EDUCATION (Requires implementation of education courses in African American history in elementary and secondary schools in Rhode Island commencing in the 2022-2023 school year.)

Version chain

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

1. 458 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• EDUCATION — 37–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Acosta — primary (person)
• Anderson — primary (person)
• Bell — primary (person)
• Calkin — primary (person)
• DiMario — primary (person)
• Kallman — primary (person)
• Lawson — primary (person)
• Mack — primary (person)
• Quezada — primary (person)
• Valverde — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-04 03/04/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Education introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-04-09 04/09/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/14/2021)
• 2021-04-14 04/14/2021 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; origin ocd-bill/645235fa-7b31-4ac3-a40d-1079a7410ec4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).