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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ESTABLISHMENT OF CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS"
+description: "Bars the council from granting approval to create or expand a charter school beginning operations in 26-27 school year and bars the state from approving or appropriating funds to a new charter school not approved before July 1, 2025."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 7415"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7415 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Casey", "Fogarty", "Furtado", "Kazarian", "Kislak", "Messier", "Phillips", "Sanchez", "Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-01-30"
+last_action: "2026-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b7f8d9b-b344-42e1-9f69-f2f57dfbca72"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "5679e3cc2d7c183c53869c83bd292b3996ff2b6c96d04eb8b91ba285ba6dfa89"
+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 7415 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ESTABLISHMENT OF CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
+
+Bars the council from granting approval to create or expand a charter school beginning operations in 26-27 school year and bars the state from approving or appropriating funds to a new charter school not approved before July 1, 2025.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7415 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7415A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **60–12** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Furtado — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- Messier — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Sanchez — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-30** 01/30/2026 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-06** 03/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/10/2026)
+- **2026-03-10** 03/10/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
+- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/7b7f8d9b-b344-42e1-9f69-f2f57dfbca72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+