---
type: "Bill"
title: "JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF RHODE ISLAND'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM (Creates a 10 member joint commission to study and make recommendations for efficient and effective governance of pre-k through sixteen public education system, and would report back to the Senate and House by March 1, 2023, and expire on July 1, 2023.)"
description: "JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF RHODE ISLAND'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM (Creates a 10 member joint commission to study and make recommendations for efficient and effective governance of pre-k through sixteen public education system, and would report back to the Senate and House by March 1, 2023, and expire on July 1, 2023.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SR 2442"
citation: "Rhode Island SR 2442 (2022)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Archambault", "Cano", "DiPalma", "Gallo", "McCaffrey", "Paolino", "Pearson", "Quezada", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-01"
last_action: "2022-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5b144ca-63cf-43b8-9ebb-9e74806b477f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "8e0b13f8ad3743ed10ebfe78a7ab76f586346740272c9839dfdd268100b41e4e"
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 SR 2442 (2022) — JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF RHODE ISLAND'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM (Creates a 10 member joint commission to study and make recommendations for efficient and effective governance of pre-k through sixteen public education system, and would report back to the Senate and House by March 1, 2023, and expire on July 1, 2023.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2442 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2442A.pdf)

## Votes

- RI PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **60–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Archambault — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Paolino — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-01** 03/01/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** 03/18/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2022)
- **2022-03-23** 03/23/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/25/2022)
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-05-25** 05/25/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-26** 05/26/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/02/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Referred to House Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-11** 06/11/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2022)
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-25** 06/25/2022 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5b144ca-63cf-43b8-9ebb-9e74806b477f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).