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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID Ends transaction fees for school lunches in all districts. This act requires at least one no-fee payment method for school lunches and a full disclosure whether fees will be charged by a payment platform. us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2026 HB 8129 Rhode Island HB 8129 (2026)
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Rhode Island HB 8129 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID

Ends transaction fees for school lunches in all districts. This act requires at least one no-fee payment method for school lunches and a full disclosure whether fees will be charged by a payment platform.

Version chain

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

  1. 8129 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 620 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Caldwell — primary (person)
  • DeSimone — primary (person)
  • Donovan — primary (person)
  • Furtado — primary (person)
  • Kislak — primary (person)
  • O'Brien — primary (person)
  • Read — primary (person)
  • Speakman — primary (person)
  • Spears — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-02-27 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Education introduction, referral-committee
  • 2026-03-20 03/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/24/2026)
  • 2026-03-24 03/24/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2026-05-15 05/15/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2026)
  • 2026-05-19 05/19/2026 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-05-22 05/22/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/28/2026) reading-3
  • 2026-05-28 05/28/2026 House read and passed passage
  • 2026-06-03 06/03/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/04/2026) reading-3
  • 2026-06-04 06/04/2026 Senate passed in concurrence passage
  • 2026-06-04 06/04/2026 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-06-10 06/10/2026 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/95eb93cc-42bd-4320-90cd-bbfd03ddeebc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).