---
type: "Bill"
title: "JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY RHODE ISLAND'S EDUCATION FUNDING FORMULA AND EDUCATION FINANCE SYSTEM"
description: "Creates a special joint legislative commission to make a comprehensive study of Rhode Island's education funding formula and education finance system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SR 3368"
citation: "Rhode Island SR 3368 (2026)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Gallo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-06-07"
last_action: "2026-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc963409-d61d-453d-85a3-3f06f4d4d271"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "15ca02bfa95fadc1cd818ef6f9f86fec77edc515a9bc5f5e07ef659a7ed0a052"
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 3368 (2026) — JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY RHODE ISLAND'S EDUCATION FUNDING FORMULA AND EDUCATION FINANCE SYSTEM

Creates a special joint legislative commission to make a comprehensive study of Rhode Island's education funding formula and education finance system.

## Version chain

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

1. **3368 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3368aa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **60–9** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-06-07** 06/07/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-06-07** 06/07/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/09/2026)
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-22** 06/22/2026 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/bc963409-d61d-453d-85a3-3f06f4d4d271`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).