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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- STUDENT LOAN BILL OF RIGHTS ACT (Creates the \"student loan bill of rights act\" which establishes guidelines for the issuance of postsecondary loans.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- STUDENT LOAN BILL OF RIGHTS ACT (Creates the \"student loan bill of rights act\" which establishes guidelines for the issuance of postsecondary loans.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5936"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5936 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Education", "Financial Institutions", "General Treasurer"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Amore", "Cortvriend", "McNamara", "Newberry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2211afff-7376-42d1-a9e5-b544df65c300"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "33ea10de103d99ce56adaace071f9ab41a2bccd8e61cb14585ebdb23a4a39478"
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 5936 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- STUDENT LOAN BILL OF RIGHTS ACT (Creates the "student loan bill of rights act" which establishes guidelines for the issuance of postsecondary loans.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **5936 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5936A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **710** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alzate — primary (person)
- Amore — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Newberry — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-29** 03/29/2019 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** 04/05/2019 Committee transferred to House Finance
- **2019-04-18** 04/18/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2019)
- **2019-04-24** 04/24/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-22** 06/22/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/2211afff-7376-42d1-a9e5-b544df65c300`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).