---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Provides that school policies which provide for excused absences for participation in a sport or other extracurricular activity be amended and deemed to include attending agricultural fairs as an excused absence.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Provides that school policies which provide for excused absences for participation in a sport or other extracurricular activity be amended and deemed to include attending agricultural fairs as an excused absence.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6507"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6507 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casimiro", "Chippendale", "Cotter", "Craven", "Kennedy", "McGaw", "McNamara", "Place", "Roberts", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-06-08"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd79c89d-a2eb-488c-b37e-81b787574442"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "25a70d84aa06072a4647c03d960b6e0bb30db692d7feb2c374e1bc85b7233e12"
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 6507 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL COMMITTEES AND SUPERINTENDENTS (Provides that school policies which provide for excused absences for participation in a sport or other extracurricular activity be amended and deemed to include attending agricultural fairs as an excused absence.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6507** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6507.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Chippendale — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Place — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Committee transferred to House Education
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2023)
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-11** 06/11/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Senate passed 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/bd79c89d-a2eb-488c-b37e-81b787574442`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).