---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- DISTRICT CHARTER SCHOOL"
description: "Requires that certain quarterly reports required to be filed by district charter schools, mayoral academies and independent charter schools be submitted to the commissioner of elementary and secondary education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7559"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7559 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hull", "Slater", "Voas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71688934-4b9b-4ef8-82ca-9acda75141b7"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "dd05f074114c9204ad777b523c76acfd19860c70c055048c5207cac0492722eb"
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 7559 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- DISTRICT CHARTER SCHOOL

Requires that certain quarterly reports required to be filed by district charter schools, mayoral academies and independent charter schools be submitted to the commissioner of elementary and secondary education.

## Version chain

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

1. **7559** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7559.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hull — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)
- Voas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** 02/23/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2024)
- **2024-02-28** 02/28/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Scheduled for consideration (03/20/2024)
- **2024-03-20** 03/20/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Placed on House Calendar (03/26/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-03-26** 03/26/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2024)
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/71688934-4b9b-4ef8-82ca-9acda75141b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).