---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (Provides that special education services would include speech-language pathology services, and would not stop because a child has reached nine (9) years of age.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (Provides that special education services would include speech-language pathology services, and would not stop because a child has reached nine (9) years of age.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7273"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7273 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Bennett", "McNamara", "Noret"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ae9e878-8953-412a-9b03-5547b51d46b1"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0f6328e7c6a8f7a17b6a7a9b7b4b59b813800fac43efbeba40c5b112476e5c39"
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 7273 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (Provides that special education services would include speech-language pathology services, and would not stop because a child has reached nine (9) years of age.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7273** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7273.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baginski — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Noret — 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`
- **2022-02-11** 02/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/16/2022)
- **2022-02-16** 02/16/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for consideration (03/30/2022)
- **2022-03-30** 03/30/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Placed on House Calendar (04/05/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-05** 04/05/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-04-26** 04/26/2022 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/25/2022)
- **2022-05-25** 05/25/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 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/1ae9e878-8953-412a-9b03-5547b51d46b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).