---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (Adds the Rhode Island teacher of the year as an additional ex officio member of the council on elementary and secondary education as well as the board of education.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (Adds the Rhode Island teacher of the year as an additional ex officio member of the council on elementary and secondary education as well as the board of education.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6052"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6052 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Education", "Public Officers", "State Affairs", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Cortvriend", "Donovan", "Kislak", "McNamara", "Shallcross Smith", "Speakman", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91fbe447-2fe3-49da-ba2b-53a7715e979b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4b1bf52b4617fb6b9199d04026e571199f7e9c392269b27be0fb1820e4996121"
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 6052 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (Adds the Rhode Island teacher of the year as an additional ex officio member of the council on elementary and secondary education as well as the board of education.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6052 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6052A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carson — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/19/2023)
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-28** 04/28/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/04/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** 05/04/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-27** 06/27/2023 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/91fbe447-2fe3-49da-ba2b-53a7715e979b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).