republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/sb-79.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 (Removes the requirement that the scholarship program cease with the enrollment of the high school graduating class of 2021 at the community college of Rhode Island.)	AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (Removes the requirement that the scholarship program cease with the enrollment of the high school graduating class of 2021 at the community college of Rhode Island.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	SB 79	Rhode Island SB 79 (2021)	bill	Education Finance Higher Education Human Services	enacted	Cano Ciccone DiPalma Euer Gallo Goodwin McCaffrey Pearson Ruggerio Sosnowski	1	17	3	2021-01-26	2021-05-28	openstates	ocd-bill/33982d17-1a10-4715-8f0e-ee63ad1bb018	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	e667d60924a0eecdd775ac199a0a014131ad87d593dbf997caff2fb33ccc2277	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 79 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (Removes the requirement that the scholarship program cease with the enrollment of the high school graduating class of 2021 at the community college of Rhode Island.)

Version chain

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

1. 79 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 68–5 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 33–2 (pass) · upper
• In Concurrence — 33–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cano — primary (person)
• Ciccone — primary (person)
• DiPalma — primary (person)
• Euer — primary (person)
• Gallo — primary (person)
• Goodwin — primary (person)
• McCaffrey — primary (person)
• Pearson — primary (person)
• Ruggerio — 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
• 2021-03-11 03/11/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/17/2021)
• 2021-03-17 03/17/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2021-04-02 04/02/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/07/2021)
• 2021-04-07 04/07/2021 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-08 04/08/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/13/2021)
• 2021-04-13 04/13/2021 Senate read and passed passage
• 2021-04-14 04/14/2021 Referred to House Finance referral-committee
• 2021-05-07 05/07/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/11/2021)
• 2021-05-07 05/07/2021 Proposed Substitute
• 2021-05-11 05/11/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-14 05/14/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/18/2021)
• 2021-05-18 05/18/2021 House passed Sub A passage
• 2021-05-19 05/19/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/25/2021)
• 2021-05-25 05/25/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2021-05-25 05/25/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-28 05/28/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/33982d17-1a10-4715-8f0e-ee63ad1bb018. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).