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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES"
+description: "Outlines the requirements and process for LEAs to get written parental consent before conducting an evaluation, reevaluation, making an initial placement/changes in placement/the individual education program of a student in a special education program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7721"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7721 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Carson", "Cotter", "Cruz", "Giraldo", "Kislak", "Morales", "Shanley", "Slater", "Speakman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-02-28"
+last_action: "2024-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4192e5cd-c31d-44bd-b296-2d8f48b593d6"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "786ca12d70dd94119ca2adee63a07e5a0cc98b1271cde786c5042c6e46ebd323"
+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 7721 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
+
+Outlines the requirements and process for LEAs to get written parental consent before conducting an evaluation, reevaluation, making an initial placement/changes in placement/the individual education program of a student in a special education program.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7721 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7721A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Cruz — primary (person)
+- Giraldo — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-28** 02/28/2024 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2024)
+- **2024-03-13** 03/13/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2024)
+- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/29/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2024)
+- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-24** 06/24/2024 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/4192e5cd-c31d-44bd-b296-2d8f48b593d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+