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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL BUILDING CORPORATION"
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description: "Updates the statutory terminology by replacing the phrase \"institutions of higher learning\" with that of \"educational institutions\" and redefines child daycare centers as educational institutions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 640"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 640 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Burke", "LaMountain"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-03-07"
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last_action: "2025-06-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef940b0d-5146-45fd-9a52-94aa366df208"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "6f0b4fc71c78ee8d59bcb2fe2499e07a257ae473accc4481a149af209b0df47f"
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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 640 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL BUILDING CORPORATION
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Updates the statutory terminology by replacing the phrase "institutions of higher learning" with that of "educational institutions" and redefines child daycare centers as educational institutions.
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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. **640 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0640Aaa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Approval of Amendment — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage as Amended — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Appollonio — primary (person)
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- Burke — primary (person)
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- LaMountain — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Meeting postponed (03/26/2025)
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- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2025)
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- **2025-04-09** 04/09/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
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- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/23/2025)
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- **2025-04-25** 04/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2025)
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- **2025-04-29** 04/29/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-04-30** 04/30/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/06/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2025-05-07** 05/07/2025 Referred to House Education `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2025)
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- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 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/ef940b0d-5146-45fd-9a52-94aa366df208`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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