---
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: "SB 2570"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2570 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "DiMario", "Gallo", "Goodwin", "Lawson", "McCaffrey", "Murray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-10"
last_action: "2022-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fa0e088-b0c5-4ab8-89bf-d1dd9326ba56"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b789005bce54e169c5cc6764c661c57042ab92548f5a09b6f333967f6ca9cd98"
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 2570 (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. **2570** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2570.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cano — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-10** 03/10/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** 03/18/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2022)
- **2022-03-23** 03/23/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
- **2022-05-18** 05/18/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-05-26** 05/26/2022 Referred to House Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/01/2022)
- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2022)
- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 House 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/8fa0e088-b0c5-4ab8-89bf-d1dd9326ba56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).