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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Revises the course requirements for the fast-track principal certification program.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Revises the course requirements for the fast-track principal certification program.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 5168"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5168 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Education", "Higher Education", "Labor", "State Affairs", "Teachers"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Biah", "Donovan", "McNamara", "Noret"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-19"
+last_action: "2023-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/990e62ba-fb0c-41b5-96b0-a152bc283858"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "39bba84ab8cb72a3aeca675c0473ad2dfe5c6334d80b9ee858534a4bfedc4b1e"
+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 5168 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Revises the course requirements for the fast-track principal certification program.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5168** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5168.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Biah — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-19** 01/19/2023 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-10** 02/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/15/2023)
+- **2023-02-15** 02/15/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/11/2023)
+- **2023-05-11** 05/11/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/16/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/990e62ba-fb0c-41b5-96b0-a152bc283858`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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