republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2023/sb-483.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 -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Provides that school policies which provide for excused absences for participation in a sport or other extracurricular activity be amended and deemed to include attending agricultural fairs as an excused absence.)	AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Provides that school policies which provide for excused absences for participation in a sport or other extracurricular activity be amended and deemed to include attending agricultural fairs as an excused absence.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2023	SB 483	Rhode Island SB 483 (2023)	bill	Agriculture Education Environment Minors Sports	enacted	Britto DiPalma Felag Gallo Rogers Sosnowski	1	17	2	2023-03-07	2023-06-26	openstates	ocd-bill/20787d96-29ae-4e53-b5e9-800fcfc664fc	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	3b07f283fcca107946bb92774bb2e7594a4c48fe76919e6fcccb2ede8987c743	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 483 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Provides that school policies which provide for excused absences for participation in a sport or other extracurricular activity be amended and deemed to include attending agricultural fairs as an excused absence.)

Version chain

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

1. 483 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• IN CONCURRENCE — 72–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Britto — primary (person)
• DiPalma — primary (person)
• Felag — primary (person)
• Gallo — primary (person)
• Rogers — primary (person)
• Sosnowski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-07 03/07/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Education introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-04-14 04/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/19/2023)
• 2023-04-19 04/19/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2023-06-05 06/05/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2023)
• 2023-06-07 06/07/2023 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-07 06/07/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) reading-3
• 2023-06-08 06/08/2023 Senate read and passed passage
• 2023-06-09 06/09/2023 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2023-06-09 06/09/2023 Committee transferred to House Education
• 2023-06-09 06/09/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2023)
• 2023-06-12 06/12/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2023-06-11 06/11/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2023)
• 2023-06-13 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-13 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) reading-3
• 2023-06-15 06/15/2023 House passed in concurrence passage
• 2023-06-19 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-06-26 06/26/2023 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20787d96-29ae-4e53-b5e9-800fcfc664fc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).