---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
description: "Requires school districts to provide the parent/guardian of a student with an individualized education program (IEP) with information concerning the achieving a better life experience (ABLE) account program benefits and the program application process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7612"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7612 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Dawson", "Finkelman", "Handy", "McGaw", "Nardone", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-15"
last_action: "2024-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c46e0305-80ae-462a-a9e7-5a40714a5972"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e1548c74e81665c54a6a090fa14d0a83598336f51c00e9e08ac71a3b21711fb3"
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 7612 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Requires school districts to provide the parent/guardian of a student with an individualized education program (IEP) with information concerning the achieving a better life experience (ABLE) account program benefits and the program application process.

## Version chain

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

1. **7612** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7612.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Finkelman — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Nardone — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-15** 02/15/2024 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2024)
- **2024-03-06** 03/06/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/03/2024)
- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-11** 04/11/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-04-16** 04/16/2024 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2024)
- **2024-05-23** 05/23/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-02** 06/02/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 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/c46e0305-80ae-462a-a9e7-5a40714a5972`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).