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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND HOPE SCHOLARSHIP PILOT PROGRAM ACT (Establishes the Rhode Island hope scholarship pilot program to provide two-year scholarships to junior and seniors at Rhode Island college.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND HOPE SCHOLARSHIP PILOT PROGRAM ACT (Establishes the Rhode Island hope scholarship pilot program to provide two-year scholarships to junior and seniors at Rhode Island college.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 77"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 77 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education", "Fees", "Finance", "Higher Education", "Labor"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "DiPalma", "Gallo", "Mack", "Murray", "Pearson", "Valverde", "Zurier"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-02-01"
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last_action: "2023-06-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87d337b8-20ab-45fd-a9f9-81f42fab713b"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "2e34bc114b60eb615f1f5c4547dc85a8f500b1cc5751417bad9ab1448011f40a"
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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 77 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND HOPE SCHOLARSHIP PILOT PROGRAM ACT (Establishes the Rhode Island hope scholarship pilot program to provide two-year scholarships to junior and seniors at Rhode Island college.)
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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. **77 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0077aa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **29–5** (pass) · upper
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **55–4** (pass) · upper
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- Passage as Amended — **27–4** (pass) · upper
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- Approval of Amendment — **30–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cano — primary (person)
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- DiPalma — primary (person)
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- Gallo — primary (person)
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- Mack — primary (person)
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- Murray — primary (person)
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- Pearson — primary (person)
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- Valverde — primary (person)
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- Zurier — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-01** 02/01/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2023)
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- **2023-04-27** 04/27/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/15/2023)
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- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Senate voted to reconsider
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- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-24** 06/24/2023 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/87d337b8-20ab-45fd-a9f9-81f42fab713b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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