---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM (Requires all public elementary and secondary schools in Rhode Island to provide at least one unit of instruction on Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander History and culture.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM (Requires all public elementary and secondary schools in Rhode Island to provide at least one unit of instruction on Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander History and culture.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7272"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7272 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Barros", "Casimiro", "Fenton-Fung", "Kennedy", "Shallcross Smith", "Tobon", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad99006a-96c9-4af0-9ee1-d84a1c9eabfd"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "27323e9431d2ddda6fa6986cccac1cea8b35f330ec6b211e34a09935162dd2d6"
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 7272 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM (Requires all public elementary and secondary schools in Rhode Island to provide at least one unit of instruction on Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander History and culture.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7272 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7272A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Barros — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Fenton-Fung — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
- Tobon — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** 02/02/2022 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04** 02/04/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2022-02-08** 02/08/2022 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/09/2022)
- **2022-03-04** 03/04/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/09/2022)
- **2022-03-09** 03/09/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration
- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (05/18/2022)
- **2022-05-28** 05/28/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2022)
- **2022-05-28** 05/28/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `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 passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/ad99006a-96c9-4af0-9ee1-d84a1c9eabfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).