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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - RHODE ISLAND CERTIFICATIONS STANDARDS BOARD [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Creates the Right to Read Act to require certain licensed teachers to be proficient in scientific reading instruction.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - RHODE ISLAND CERTIFICATIONS STANDARDS BOARD [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Creates the Right to Read Act to require certain licensed teachers to be proficient in scientific reading instruction.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 5887"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5887 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Corvese", "McEntee", "Morin", "O'Brien"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-03-21"
+last_action: "2019-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00d5b880-53fa-40c3-9754-60ad1e091eb2"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "9bafe443f66fb437ff1f8e7d3cc37debb20d41a406df0a157f2aa8ea54928df7"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island HB 5887 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - RHODE ISLAND CERTIFICATIONS STANDARDS BOARD [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Creates the Right to Read Act to require certain licensed teachers to be proficient in scientific reading instruction.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5887 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5887B.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **60–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Amore — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Morin — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-21** 03/21/2019 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-29** 03/29/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2019)
+- **2019-04-03** 04/03/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-05-10** 05/10/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/15/2019)
+- **2019-05-15** 05/15/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-06-03** 06/03/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2019)
+- **2019-06-03** 06/03/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2019)
+- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/28/2019)
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2019)
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed Sub B `passage`
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00d5b880-53fa-40c3-9754-60ad1e091eb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+