---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT AND STANDARDS FOR ALL STUDENTS (Provides for the review of existing and the development of new statewide academic standards by the commissioner of education.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT AND STANDARDS FOR ALL STUDENTS (Provides for the review of existing and the development of new statewide academic standards by the commissioner of education.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5008"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5008 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Amore", "Casimiro", "Lyle", "McNamara"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4db76b6-12c8-41e2-b948-06f4288ae358"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "e2b1a8cf0fb232568bfcd0f289cd028b68be1f9894953aa4e50938058479400c"
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 5008 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT AND STANDARDS FOR ALL STUDENTS (Provides for the review of existing and the development of new statewide academic standards by the commissioner of education.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5008 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5008B.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–4** (pass) · lower
- EDUCATION — **68–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Amore — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Lyle — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** 01/03/2019 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** 01/25/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/30/2019)
- **2019-01-30** 01/30/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-10** 05/10/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/15/2019)
- **2019-05-15** 05/15/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2019)
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2019)
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Senate passed Sub B `passage`
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 House passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 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/c4db76b6-12c8-41e2-b948-06f4288ae358`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).