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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TRANSPARENCY IN ARTS EDUCATION ACCESS AND PROFICIENCY ACT"
+description: "Establishes the Transparency in Arts Education Access and Proficiency Act to promote arts education."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 2042"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2042 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto", "Cano", "DiMario", "Euer", "Gallo", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Miller", "Valverde"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-12"
+last_action: "2024-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c144019d-fa38-40d4-a48b-3d5bce4d1687"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "d2a0b64b9ad1c75c774b0670205d2ab2e9d735e036d4dd3bcf766adfd06aa6ac"
+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 2042 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TRANSPARENCY IN ARTS EDUCATION ACCESS AND PROFICIENCY ACT
+
+Establishes the Transparency in Arts Education Access and Proficiency Act to promote arts education.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2042 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2042A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **61–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bissaillon — primary (person)
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- Cano — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- Lauria — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-12** 01/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2024)
+- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2024)
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/c144019d-fa38-40d4-a48b-3d5bce4d1687`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+