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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID"
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description: "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."
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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 8129"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 8129 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "DeSimone", "Donovan", "Furtado", "Kislak", "O'Brien", "Read", "Speakman", "Spears"]
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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: "2026-02-27"
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last_action: "2026-06-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95eb93cc-42bd-4320-90cd-bbfd03ddeebc"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "4b9694725667f04f3960bd77610e5b1f2639822eca6560acc04ebe09b23f6194"
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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 8129 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- FEDERAL AID
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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.
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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. **8129** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8129.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **62–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Caldwell — primary (person)
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- DeSimone — 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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- O'Brien — primary (person)
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- Read — primary (person)
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- Speakman — primary (person)
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- Spears — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/24/2026)
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- **2026-03-24** 03/24/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2026)
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- **2026-05-19** 05/19/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/28/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 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/95eb93cc-42bd-4320-90cd-bbfd03ddeebc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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