---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT (Requires every school district/local education agency/city/town to report each fiscal year relating to funding/ administrative/program information from the American Rescue plan, elementary/secondary school emergency relief, and state/local recovery funds.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT (Requires every school district/local education agency/city/town to report each fiscal year relating to funding/ administrative/program information from the American Rescue plan, elementary/secondary school emergency relief, and state/local recovery funds.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6128"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6128 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Computer Technology", "Education", "Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Casimiro", "Cortvriend", "Edwards", "Messier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-06"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a4286ae-54c6-4bff-ae47-d684146b1fb9"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "dcc79a9543aa4c97e30004961350ee746772ea54695d0f9ff6d1d1c4f0e01824"
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 6128 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT (Requires every school district/local education agency/city/town to report each fiscal year relating to funding/ administrative/program information from the American Rescue plan, elementary/secondary school emergency relief, and state/local recovery funds.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6128 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6128A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **60–1** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **71–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06** 03/06/2023 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2023)
- **2023-03-29** 03/29/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/19/2023)
- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-21** 04/21/2023 Placed on House Calendar (04/25/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-05-15** 05/15/2023 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-26** 06/26/2023 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/3a4286ae-54c6-4bff-ae47-d684146b1fb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).