---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (Would require public school districts to take certain actions to promote notice and disseminate information regarding the district’s special education local advisory committee.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (Would require public school districts to take certain actions to promote notice and disseminate information regarding the district’s special education local advisory committee.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 489"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 489 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Committees", "Computer Technology", "Developmentally Disabled", "Education", "Persons with Disabilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Gallo", "Lawson", "Murray", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13bf5a51-3358-412c-aac5-ffb46bb42fb6"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0bab8a9db38e0b833c9aab2a495d766f48683fdef7e4b5fc8c4f208db7ca5ac0"
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 489 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (Would require public school districts to take certain actions to promote notice and disseminate information regarding the district’s special education local advisory committee.)

## Version chain

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

1. **489** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0489.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2023)
- **2023-05-17** 05/17/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2023)
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-26** 06/26/2023 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/13bf5a51-3358-412c-aac5-ffb46bb42fb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).