---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION WORKFORCE DATA ACT"
description: "Codifies the previously funded Rhode Island early care and education workforce registry data system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2142"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2142 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Cano", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Gallo", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Murray", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a056c4d5-dd10-4cb7-ace6-e25c574259ce"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "cccbbbece3983bcef4876055afeabfe15a6acf7241de7a02deb7a6d454717e41"
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 2142 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION WORKFORCE DATA ACT

Codifies the previously funded Rhode Island early care and education workforce registry data system.

## Version chain

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

1. **2142 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2142A.pdf)

## Votes

- Approval of Amendment — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** 01/24/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2024)
- **2024-03-20** 03/20/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/14/2024)
- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/21/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-05-23** 05/23/2024 Referred to House Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 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/a056c4d5-dd10-4cb7-ace6-e25c574259ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).