republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/sb-76.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE CIVIC LITERACY ACT (Requires that commencing with the graduating class of 2022 and all subsequent graduating classes thereafter, all high school students attending public schools shall fulfill at least one-half credit or course requirement in civics education.)	AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE CIVIC LITERACY ACT (Requires that commencing with the graduating class of 2022 and all subsequent graduating classes thereafter, all high school students attending public schools shall fulfill at least one-half credit or course requirement in civics education.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	SB 76	Rhode Island SB 76 (2021)	bill	Children and Families Education Minors	enacted	Cano Euer Gallo Lawson McCaffrey Miller Pearson Ruggerio Seveney Sosnowski	1	15	4	2021-01-26	2021-07-07	openstates	ocd-bill/15c8697e-614b-4ed3-be00-797799a7dfb6	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	8fcc0030e3e00d7e07ed32bf55c65f1c4689e77ee3fc96768c4120f316a8c342	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 76 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE CIVIC LITERACY ACT (Requires that commencing with the graduating class of 2022 and all subsequent graduating classes thereafter, all high school students attending public schools shall fulfill at least one-half credit or course requirement in civics education.)

Version chain

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

1. 76 SUB A as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• AS AMENDED — 70–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 60–0 (pass) · upper
• Approval of Amendment — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage as Amended — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cano — primary (person)
• Euer — primary (person)
• Gallo — primary (person)
• Lawson — primary (person)
• McCaffrey — primary (person)
• Miller — primary (person)
• Pearson — primary (person)
• Ruggerio — primary (person)
• Seveney — primary (person)
• Sosnowski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-26 01/26/2021 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 recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-04 03/04/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/09/2021)
• 2021-03-09 03/09/2021 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) passage
• 2021-03-10 03/10/2021 Referred to House Education referral-committee
• 2021-06-26 06/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/28/2021)
• 2021-06-26 06/26/2021 Proposed Substitute
• 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-29 06/29/2021 Placed on House Calendar (07/01/2021)
• 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) passage
• 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
• 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence passage
• 2021-07-02 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-07-07 07/07/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/15c8697e-614b-4ed3-be00-797799a7dfb6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).