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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Allows teachers to obtain certification as a principal in an expedited period of time.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Allows teachers to obtain certification as a principal in an expedited period of time.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 869"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 869 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gallo", "Goodwin", "Metts", "Pearson", "Quezada"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-05-08"
+last_action: "2019-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/718da1d6-51d4-4260-9166-1deb8166c309"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "0dd1001178271e731ce8946dba3bba4c8e4bc221bd4f898409c893ccbf19935c"
+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 869 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Allows teachers to obtain certification as a principal in an expedited period of time.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **869 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0869A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **36–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+- Metts — primary (person)
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-05-08** 05/08/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **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
+- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Scheduled for consideration
+- **2019-05-28** 05/28/2019 Meeting postponed (05/29/2019)
+- **2019-05-28** 05/28/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2019)
+- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2019)
+- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2019)
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/26/2019)
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 House passed Sub A 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/718da1d6-51d4-4260-9166-1deb8166c309`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+