---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT"
description: "Extends the sunset provision allowing retired teachers to substitute teach in excess of 90 days. The sunset provision is extended from June 20, 2025 until July 1, 2026."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1048"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1048 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto", "DiPalma", "Gu", "Patalano", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-05-09"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/746be721-4325-4bd2-806b-2a83edea9a32"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "667ff208cb67c5bf98d8d803e5ba86db431050ad3794aed671e7085b01fe1748"
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 1048 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT

Extends the sunset provision allowing retired teachers to substitute teach in excess of 90 days. The sunset provision is extended from June 20, 2025 until July 1, 2026.

## Version chain

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

1. **1048 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S1048aa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **71–0** (pass) · upper
- AS AMENDED — **73–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **31–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Patalano — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/03/2025)
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-04** 06/04/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-19** 06/19/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/746be721-4325-4bd2-806b-2a83edea9a32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).