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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT"
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description: "Prohibits participation in federal school voucher tax credit for contributions to scholarship-granting organizations unless both the general assembly and the governor approve such participation."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 7163"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7163 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Casimiro", "Cortvriend", "Donovan", "Furtado", "Kislak", "Messier", "O'Brien", "Potter", "Speakman"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2026-01-16"
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last_action: "2026-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aeeaa28a-fd81-413b-a777-159c1106df75"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "e526634f414c4283d96383398dd475a09272a8d659625ea503a185c1590ee6e4"
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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 HB 7163 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FOUNDATION LEVEL SCHOOL SUPPORT
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Prohibits participation in federal school voucher tax credit for contributions to scholarship-granting organizations unless both the general assembly and the governor approve such participation.
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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. **7163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7163.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **57–13** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Boylan — primary (person)
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- Casimiro — primary (person)
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- Cortvriend — primary (person)
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- Donovan — primary (person)
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- Furtado — primary (person)
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- Kislak — primary (person)
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- Messier — primary (person)
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- O'Brien — primary (person)
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- Potter — primary (person)
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- Speakman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-16** 01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/28/2026)
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- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
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- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/aeeaa28a-fd81-413b-a777-159c1106df75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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