---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS (Creates a process for the department of education relating to the collection and organization of information concerning the workload and scope of the duties and responsibilities performed by school social workers.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS (Creates a process for the department of education relating to the collection and organization of information concerning the workload and scope of the duties and responsibilities performed by school social workers.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7685"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7685 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Bennett", "Kazarian", "Messier", "O'Brien"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8a0d945-87a3-4210-86ee-ae68f837c0cb"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "b1e22d2d19bc4e07bca5c0f675bc5fcc6b5bcf8f49d22f6ea1ac6e144315e874"
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 7685 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS (Creates a process for the department of education relating to the collection and organization of information concerning the workload and scope of the duties and responsibilities performed by school social workers.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7685** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7685.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amore — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** 03/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2018-03-06** 03/06/2018 Meeting postponed (03/07/2018)
- **2018-03-16** 03/16/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2018-03-20** 03/20/2018 Meeting postponed (03/21/2018)
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2018)
- **2018-03-28** 03/28/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2018)
- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/f8a0d945-87a3-4210-86ee-ae68f837c0cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).