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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TEAMS"
+description: "Requires the school board or committees of cities and towns to establish a safety and behavioral health committee and also lays out the representation requirements committee responsibilities to ensure a stable learning environment for all students."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5165"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5165 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Casimiro", "Cotter", "Kennedy", "McNamara", "Noret", "Potter", "Read", "Solomon", "Spears"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-01-24"
+last_action: "2025-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb201401-0454-478b-bd5a-c897e3ad0701"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "61b8c200146225993a7a5424cc4346fc031c8b0c061b43cfbaeb0f890f81d664"
+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 5165 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TEAMS
+
+Requires the school board or committees of cities and towns to establish a safety and behavioral health committee and also lays out the representation requirements committee responsibilities to ensure a stable learning environment for all students.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5165 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5165A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **60–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-24** 01/24/2025 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
+- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/25/2025)
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/22/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-22** 04/22/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2025)
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/bb201401-0454-478b-bd5a-c897e3ad0701`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+