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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 a 10 member joint commission to study and make recommendations for efficient and effective governance of pre-k through sixteen public education system, and would report back to the Senate and House by March 1, 2023, and expire 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 a 10 member joint commission to study and make recommendations for efficient and effective governance of pre-k through sixteen public education system, and would report back to the Senate and House by March 1, 2023, and expire on July 1, 2023.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SR 2442"
+citation: "Rhode Island SR 2442 (2022)"
+classification: ["resolution"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Archambault", "Cano", "DiPalma", "Gallo", "McCaffrey", "Paolino", "Pearson", "Quezada", "Seveney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-03-01"
+last_action: "2022-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5b144ca-63cf-43b8-9ebb-9e74806b477f"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "8e0b13f8ad3743ed10ebfe78a7ab76f586346740272c9839dfdd268100b41e4e"
+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 SR 2442 (2022) — JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF RHODE ISLAND'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM (Creates a 10 member joint commission to study and make recommendations for efficient and effective governance of pre-k through sixteen public education system, and would report back to the Senate and House by March 1, 2023, and expire on July 1, 2023.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2442 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2442A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- RI PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **60–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acosta — primary (person)
+- Archambault — primary (person)
+- Cano — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- McCaffrey — primary (person)
+- Paolino — primary (person)
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-03-01** 03/01/2022 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`
+- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/25/2022)
+- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2022-05-25** 05/25/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-05-26** 05/26/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/02/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Referred to House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-11** 06/11/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2022)
+- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-25** 06/25/2022 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/d5b144ca-63cf-43b8-9ebb-9e74806b477f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+