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legislation/us/states/ri/2021/sb-991.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Mandates RIDE to provide regulations to streamline the English Second Language (ESL) and/or English Language Learner (ELL) teaching certificate.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Mandates RIDE to provide regulations to streamline the English Second Language (ESL) and/or English Language Learner (ELL) teaching certificate.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 991"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 991 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cultural", "Education", "Higher Education", "Teachers"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Quezada"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 6
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-06-28"
+last_action: "2021-07-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/972d8967-224d-4a9e-bdf6-5853a93e4043"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "a543799c9868063c5370477e2783f65da1f93033cdf713d178b7b783a2e0a824"
+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 991 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Mandates RIDE to provide regulations to streamline the English Second Language (ESL) and/or English Language Learner (ELL) teaching certificate.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **991** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0991.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2021)
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-09** 07/09/2021 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/972d8967-224d-4a9e-bdf6-5853a93e4043`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+