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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- BILITERACY SEAL (Allows high school students receiving state Silver/Gold Seal of Biliteracy to earn 2 to 4 semesters of college credit toward minor/major in language at public university/community college if requested within 3 yrs. after high school graduation.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- BILITERACY SEAL (Allows high school students receiving state Silver/Gold Seal of Biliteracy to earn 2 to 4 semesters of college credit toward minor/major in language at public university/community college if requested within 3 yrs. after high school graduation.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 2953"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2953 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Cano", "Kallman", "Murray"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-05-19"
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last_action: "2022-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53fa3c56-d5f2-4418-9a10-2dca98cc878e"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "5a99854dba420413005044f6bdcf201ae26b887c4e46446d47cee6930d989d7e"
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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 2953 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- BILITERACY SEAL (Allows high school students receiving state Silver/Gold Seal of Biliteracy to earn 2 to 4 semesters of college credit toward minor/major in language at public university/community college if requested within 3 yrs. after high school graduation.)
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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. **2953 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2953A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **57–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Acosta — primary (person)
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- Cano — primary (person)
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- Kallman — primary (person)
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- Murray — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/25/2022)
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- **2022-05-25** 05/25/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2022)
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- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
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- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
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- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-06-30** 06/30/2022 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/53fa3c56-d5f2-4418-9a10-2dca98cc878e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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