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+type: "Bill"
+title: "JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF RHODE ISLAND'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM (Creates 10 member joint commission to study and make recommendations for efficient/effective governance of kindergarten through sixteen public education system, and reports back to the Senate and House by March 1, 2023, and expires on July 1, 2023.)"
+description: "JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF RHODE ISLAND'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM (Creates 10 member joint commission to study and make recommendations for efficient/effective governance of kindergarten through sixteen public education system, and reports back to the Senate and House by March 1, 2023, and expires on July 1, 2023.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HR 7784"
+citation: "Rhode Island HR 7784 (2022)"
+classification: ["resolution"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "McLaughlin", "McNamara", "Potter"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-03-03"
+last_action: "2022-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7897fe61-89c4-4596-bfd5-58781c598062"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "4a9f9ef93a04cf0e632fcf2a8c192a8da0efcfaac8005c52ee06fed68e5c22de"
+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 HR 7784 (2022) — JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF RHODE ISLAND'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM (Creates 10 member joint commission to study and make recommendations for efficient/effective governance of kindergarten through sixteen public education system, and reports back to the Senate and House by March 1, 2023, and expires on July 1, 2023.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7784 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7784A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **67–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Amore — primary (person)
+- McLaughlin — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-03-03** 03/03/2022 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/30/2022)
+- **2022-03-30** 03/30/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
+- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2022-05-18** 05/18/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/24/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/16/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7897fe61-89c4-4596-bfd5-58781c598062`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+