---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND STUDENT INVESTMENT INITIATIVE (Revises the process and procedures for state intervention and support for failing public schools, including Providence, as well as chronically under-performing schools.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND STUDENT INVESTMENT INITIATIVE (Revises the process and procedures for state intervention and support for failing public schools, including Providence, as well as chronically under-performing schools.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 8094"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8094 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Alzate", "Amore", "Batista", "Caldwell", "Hull", "Kislak", "Morales", "Ranglin-Vassell", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-04-06"
last_action: "2022-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5de4d72-40a1-44ad-8d8d-5ce05e234b46"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f0eb4166af8d7a86b401e0860ce0d7e43cdf6c9729c643646f14d1ac891fbcb5"
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 8094 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND STUDENT INVESTMENT INITIATIVE (Revises the process and procedures for state intervention and support for failing public schools, including Providence, as well as chronically under-performing schools.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8094 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H8094A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Alzate — primary (person)
- Amore — primary (person)
- Batista — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Ranglin-Vassell — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-06** 04/06/2022 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-19** 04/19/2022 Committee transferred to House Education
- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/11/2022)
- **2022-05-11** 05/11/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2022)
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 `passage`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-02** 07/02/2022 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5de4d72-40a1-44ad-8d8d-5ce05e234b46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).