---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Includes any \"licensed public health dental hygienist\" among persons eligible to conduct dental screenings for children in kindergarten, third, and ninth grade.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Includes any \"licensed public health dental hygienist\" among persons eligible to conduct dental screenings for children in kindergarten, third, and ninth grade.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 572"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 572 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dentist", "Dept. of Health", "Education", "Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Cano", "Gallo", "Satchell", "Sheehan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-14"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a08c0168-22a0-4d26-90c1-b8d00a39178c"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "c885d9112643b9f06a3dd7c0afd14dec81c013c6c3cbf4d23658b416a633f961"
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 572 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Includes any "licensed public health dental hygienist" among persons eligible to conduct dental screenings for children in kindergarten, third, and ninth grade.)

## Version chain

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

1. **572 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0572A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Satchell — primary (person)
- Sheehan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-14** 03/14/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** 03/28/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2019)
- **2019-04-04** 04/04/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-23** 05/23/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2019)
- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-05-30** 05/30/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2019)
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2019)
- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2019)
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/24/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 House passed Sub A 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/a08c0168-22a0-4d26-90c1-b8d00a39178c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).