---
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: "SB 496"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 496 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions", "Education", "Higher Education", "Labor", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Ciccone", "DiPalma", "Gallo", "Gu", "Lombardo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1df05db-eeba-45b5-9de0-f2bcb5a757e2"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a0d0fdb648aaa605fbf9bf8ae7ea908e0ccf6b64eff8882998a836fe66d36d90"
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 496 (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. **496** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0496.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/19/2023)
- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-05** 06/05/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2023)
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House 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/f1df05db-eeba-45b5-9de0-f2bcb5a757e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).