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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: "SB 1036"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 1036 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Goldin", "Pearson", "Valverde"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 6
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-06-28"
+last_action: "2019-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90519410-9b71-4ea7-8a55-e6353fea8d22"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "b6e47b33f59feb40ac9db9bf1e3e5b9d560501dcb16c3baeb127f658421b2b71"
+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 SB 1036 (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. **1036** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S1036.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Goldin — primary (person)
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2019)
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed 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/90519410-9b71-4ea7-8a55-e6353fea8d22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+