---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE FORMATION OF A REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT EMBRACING THE TOWNS OF FOSTER AND GLOCESTER"
description: "Changes the date of the regional school district financial meeting for the Foster-Glocester regional school district to March 24, 2026."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8232"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8232 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chippendale", "Place", "Santucci"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-04"
last_action: "2026-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7c68b23-3c76-46e5-b432-5a0792d99723"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "557a0edfda57fdca54dabecfde8e38b9ec9adacf7a3a1540f6dc9d5f03eee0c4"
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 8232 (2026) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE FORMATION OF A REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT EMBRACING THE TOWNS OF FOSTER AND GLOCESTER

Changes the date of the regional school district financial meeting for the Foster-Glocester regional school district to March 24, 2026.

## Version chain

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

1. **8232 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8232aa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chippendale — primary (person)
- Place — primary (person)
- Santucci — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/17/2026)
- **2026-03-17** 03/17/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** 03/17/2026 Placed on House Calendar (03/19/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-03-19** 03/19/2026 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-01** 06/01/2026 Committee transferred to Senate Housing & Municipal Government
- **2026-06-01** 06/01/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2026)
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-26** 06/26/2026 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/e7c68b23-3c76-46e5-b432-5a0792d99723`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).