---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' TENURE (Requires a school committee or the governing body of a charter or private school to submit the identity of any teacher terminated for cause to the Rhode Island department of education.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' TENURE (Requires a school committee or the governing body of a charter or private school to submit the identity of any teacher terminated for cause to the Rhode Island department of education.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7274"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7274 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corvese", "McNamara", "Noret", "Ruggiero", "Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/104a3a52-e9c2-4584-b06d-9550871bfc48"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e2b42fa1da8c0eca0891b31f739bc8a426326f658b98880909677d333ab45723"
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 7274 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' TENURE (Requires a school committee or the governing body of a charter or private school to submit the identity of any teacher terminated for cause to the Rhode Island department of education.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7274 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7274A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **65–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corvese — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Ruggiero — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** 02/02/2022 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** 02/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/16/2022)
- **2022-02-16** 02/16/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/11/2022)
- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-04-11** 04/11/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Placed on House Calendar (04/26/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-26** 04/26/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/01/2022)
- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** 06/30/2022 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/104a3a52-e9c2-4584-b06d-9550871bfc48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).