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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE COLLEGE AND CAREER SUCCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS ACT (Requires all high school seniors in the state to complete a federal financial aid application (FAFSA) or a Rhode Island Alternative Financial Aid Application, offered through the Community College of Rhode Island in order to graduate high school.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE COLLEGE AND CAREER SUCCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS ACT (Requires all high school seniors in the state to complete a federal financial aid application (FAFSA) or a Rhode Island Alternative Financial Aid Application, offered through the Community College of Rhode Island in order to graduate high school.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7974"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7974 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Batista", "Biah", "Giraldo", "Henries", "Morales", "Potter", "Ruggiero", "Vella-Wilkinson", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-11"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/937f601f-eb08-498b-a6e1-f26edec3d789"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "2627e27b83353db7c22d2a24b6a24b8e78bb66e0a27f246de127f260e48da4f9"
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 HB 7974 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE COLLEGE AND CAREER SUCCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS ACT (Requires all high school seniors in the state to complete a federal financial aid application (FAFSA) or a Rhode Island Alternative Financial Aid Application, offered through the Community College of Rhode Island in order to graduate high school.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **7974 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7974A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **652** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Amore — primary (person)
- Batista — primary (person)
- Biah — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Henries — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Ruggiero — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-03-11** 03/11/2022 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/11/2022)
- **2022-04-11** 04/11/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2022)
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/937f601f-eb08-498b-a6e1-f26edec3d789`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).