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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Creates the \"Rhode Island Student Success Act\" which would identify those students who are exempt from paying nonresident tuition at public universities, colleges or community colleges.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Creates the \"Rhode Island Student Success Act\" which would identify those students who are exempt from paying nonresident tuition at public universities, colleges or community colleges.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 990"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 990 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Fees", "Finance", "Higher Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-28"
last_action: "2021-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7fd5057-e127-4fbf-abcc-e66daec0223f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b69490d65645d6986961a8e7925c7198815980745054214244862bd52802d314"
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 990 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION (SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT) (Creates the "Rhode Island Student Success Act" which would identify those students who are exempt from paying nonresident tuition at public universities, colleges or community colleges.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **990** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0990.pdf)
## Votes
- 97) — **326** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cano — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-08** 07/08/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-12** 07/12/2021 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/e7fd5057-e127-4fbf-abcc-e66daec0223f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).