AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND HOPE SCHOLARSHIP PILOT PROGRAM ACT

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Overview Bill text 1 History 1 Sponsors 8

Removes the sunset provision of the Rhode Island hope pilot scholarship program, making it a permanent scholarship program and renames the program as the Rhode Island hope scholarship program.

Chamber: Senate
Introduced: Mar 4, 2026
Last action: Mar 4, 2026 — 03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance
Sponsor: Sam Zurier D
Session: 2026
Momentum: 40 · Moderate

PASSAGE PROBABILITY

1% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base In Committee — base rate 11%, measured from RI's completed sessions
Momentum -2 40/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 220 days quiet
Cosponsors +10 7 signed on
Sponsor influence -2 28/100

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