---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS"
description: "Waives, for one year, the Rhode Island whole grain requirement for meals served in Rhode Island public schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 8094"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8094 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Craven", "Hull"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-03-22"
last_action: "2024-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d51a642-e20d-4c60-addb-6950246c95b4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "90fe14adfc3fb41c934ae9ccf6835d659921ecec74b17a89fc6198e6733c2d4a"
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 8094 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS

Waives, for one year, the Rhode Island whole grain requirement for meals served in Rhode Island public schools.

## Version chain

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

1. **8094 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8094A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **65–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2024)
- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-18** 04/18/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/24/2024)
- **2024-04-18** 04/18/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-04-24** 04/24/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/02/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-05-13** 05/13/2024 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A 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 Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-29** 06/29/2024 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d51a642-e20d-4c60-addb-6950246c95b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).