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type: "Bill"
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title: "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.)"
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description: "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.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 79"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 79 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education", "Finance", "Higher Education", "Human Services"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "Ciccone", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Gallo", "Goodwin", "McCaffrey", "Pearson", "Ruggerio", "Sosnowski"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2021-01-26"
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last_action: "2021-05-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33982d17-1a10-4715-8f0e-ee63ad1bb018"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "e667d60924a0eecdd775ac199a0a014131ad87d593dbf997caff2fb33ccc2277"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# 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.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **79 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0079A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **68–5** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **33–2** (pass) · upper
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- In Concurrence — **33–4** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cano — primary (person)
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- Ciccone — primary (person)
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- DiPalma — primary (person)
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- Euer — primary (person)
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- Gallo — primary (person)
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- Goodwin — primary (person)
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- McCaffrey — primary (person)
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- Pearson — primary (person)
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- Ruggerio — primary (person)
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- Sosnowski — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-26** 01/26/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-11** 03/11/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/17/2021)
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- **2021-03-17** 03/17/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2021-04-02** 04/02/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/07/2021)
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- **2021-04-07** 04/07/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-08** 04/08/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/13/2021)
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- **2021-04-13** 04/13/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-14** 04/14/2021 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/11/2021)
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- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Proposed Substitute
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- **2021-05-11** 05/11/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/18/2021)
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- **2021-05-18** 05/18/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/25/2021)
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- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33982d17-1a10-4715-8f0e-ee63ad1bb018`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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