---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS (Creates a process for the department of education relating to the collection and organization of information concerning the workload and scope of the duties and responsibilities performed by school social workers.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS (Creates a process for the department of education relating to the collection and organization of information concerning the workload and scope of the duties and responsibilities performed by school social workers.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2052"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2052 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallo", "Jabour", "Miller", "Satchell", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5be185d-769d-4a38-90e6-052b7b728a03"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "e261e31677ac6b2ad180ce34d24130b8622f292b6d9b45d7143a1fcc7a0441f3"
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 2052 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS (Creates a process for the department of education relating to the collection and organization of information concerning the workload and scope of the duties and responsibilities performed by school social workers.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **2052** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2052.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gallo — primary (person)
- Jabour — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Satchell — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-18** 01/18/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** 02/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2018)
- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-04-20** 04/20/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/25/2018)
- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** 04/26/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/02/2018)
- **2018-05-02** 05/02/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/e5be185d-769d-4a38-90e6-052b7b728a03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).