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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM (Requires all public elementary and secondary schools in Rhode Island to provide at least one unit of instruction on Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander History and culture.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM (Requires all public elementary and secondary schools in Rhode Island to provide at least one unit of instruction on Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander History and culture.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 7272"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7272 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Barros", "Casimiro", "Fenton-Fung", "Kennedy", "Shallcross Smith", "Tobon", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-02-02"
+last_action: "2022-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad99006a-96c9-4af0-9ee1-d84a1c9eabfd"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "27323e9431d2ddda6fa6986cccac1cea8b35f330ec6b211e34a09935162dd2d6"
+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 7272 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM (Requires all public elementary and secondary schools in Rhode Island to provide at least one unit of instruction on Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander History and culture.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7272 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7272A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **67–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Barros — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Fenton-Fung — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
+- Tobon — primary (person)
+- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-02** 02/02/2022 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-04** 02/04/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2022-02-08** 02/08/2022 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/09/2022)
+- **2022-03-04** 03/04/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/09/2022)
+- **2022-03-09** 03/09/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration
+- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (05/18/2022)
+- **2022-05-28** 05/28/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2022)
+- **2022-05-28** 05/28/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/07/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/ad99006a-96c9-4af0-9ee1-d84a1c9eabfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+