---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Revises the course requirements for the fast-track principal certification program.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Revises the course requirements for the fast-track principal certification program.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5168"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5168 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Education", "Higher Education", "Labor", "State Affairs", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Biah", "Donovan", "McNamara", "Noret"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/990e62ba-fb0c-41b5-96b0-a152bc283858"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "39bba84ab8cb72a3aeca675c0473ad2dfe5c6334d80b9ee858534a4bfedc4b1e"
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 5168 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Revises the course requirements for the fast-track principal certification program.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5168** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5168.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Biah — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** 01/19/2023 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** 02/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/15/2023)
- **2023-02-15** 02/15/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/11/2023)
- **2023-05-11** 05/11/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/16/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/990e62ba-fb0c-41b5-96b0-a152bc283858`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).