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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (Provides that special education services would include speech-language pathology services, and would not stop because a child has reached nine (9) years of age.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (Provides that special education services would include speech-language pathology services, and would not stop because a child has reached nine (9) years of age.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 2570"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2570 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "DiMario", "Gallo", "Goodwin", "Lawson", "McCaffrey", "Murray"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-03-10"
+last_action: "2022-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fa0e088-b0c5-4ab8-89bf-d1dd9326ba56"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "b789005bce54e169c5cc6764c661c57042ab92548f5a09b6f333967f6ca9cd98"
+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 2570 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (Provides that special education services would include speech-language pathology services, and would not stop because a child has reached nine (9) years of age.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2570** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2570.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cano — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- McCaffrey — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-03-10** 03/10/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-18** 03/18/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2022)
+- **2022-03-23** 03/23/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
+- **2022-05-18** 05/18/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2022-05-26** 05/26/2022 Referred to House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/01/2022)
+- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2022)
+- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 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/8fa0e088-b0c5-4ab8-89bf-d1dd9326ba56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+