---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Same as 21H-5827 A-Requires the dept of education in coordination with attorney general to collect & publish data concerning school resource officers in each district, including use of force against students/arrests/referrals to law enforcement or courts.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Same as 21H-5827 A-Requires the dept of education in coordination with attorney general to collect & publish data concerning school resource officers in each district, including use of force against students/arrests/referrals to law enforcement or courts.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 6649"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6649 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diaz", "McNamara"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-06"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b68e35fb-4856-47f3-b701-c3b17bb0a804"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1bd3a7ec6d69effe95705626c878483a363cd821d9913d5e3710b0059e250d36"
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 6649 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Same as 21H-5827 A-Requires the dept of education in coordination with attorney general to collect & publish data concerning school resource officers in each district, including use of force against students/arrests/referrals to law enforcement or courts.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6649 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H6649A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Diaz — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06** 01/06/2022 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-28** 05/28/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2022)
- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/07/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2022)
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** 06/30/2022 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/b68e35fb-4856-47f3-b701-c3b17bb0a804`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).