---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE (Provides that in developing alternative-learning plans, consideration shall be given to the difficulties and interruptions students experience because of the COVID-19 pandemic.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE (Provides that in developing alternative-learning plans, consideration shall be given to the difficulties and interruptions students experience because of the COVID-19 pandemic.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2572"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2572 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-10"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3b7e4b8-3013-456e-9b4f-d270cef1c7e5"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9fd1392ae6086a8aae22aab0ab2b38f23bcfcb471c803ec6136c8ba5ffafc7f6"
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 2572 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE (Provides that in developing alternative-learning plans, consideration shall be given to the difficulties and interruptions students experience because of the COVID-19 pandemic.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2572** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2572.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **65–5** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-10** 03/10/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-21** 04/21/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2022)
- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2022)
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 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/b3b7e4b8-3013-456e-9b4f-d270cef1c7e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).