STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CIVIL RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (Protects against discrimination based on disability in federally funded programs and activities, even if there is a change in the federal law.)
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Officially: “AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CIVIL RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (Protects against discrimination based on disability in federally funded programs and activities, even if there is a change in the federal law.)” Read the full text
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2025 sessionbill
Where it is
Introduced, referred to Senate Education · Mar 27, 2025
Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration · Apr 18, 2025
Meeting postponed (04/23/2025) · Apr 21, 2025
Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2025) · Apr 25, 2025
Committee recommended measure be held for further study · Apr 30, 2025
Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025) · Jun 6, 2025
Committee recommends passage · Jun 10, 2025
Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2025) · Jun 10, 2025
Senate read and passed · Jun 12, 2025
Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) · Jun 18, 2025
House passed in concurrence · Jun 20, 2025
Transmitted to Governor · Jun 25, 2025
Signed by Governor · Jul 1, 2025
The numbers
10
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
IN CONCURRENCEHouse · 2025-06-20 · YEAS 69, NAYS 1, NOT VOTING 5, RECUSED 0
PassageSenate · 2025-06-12 · YEAS 37, NAYS 0, NOT VOTING 1, RECUSED 0
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Rhode Island legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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