---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO VERY YOUNG CHILDREN"
description: "Removes private schools from the provisions of the general laws relating to educational services to very young children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2529"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2529 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4533887e-4696-41ca-9d7c-c267973efef1"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "235866ee3307a8b9dc542105654e0d323382bdf923b4373281db9fe0e5ef4b8a"
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 2529 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO VERY YOUNG CHILDREN

Removes private schools from the provisions of the general laws relating to educational services to very young children.

## Version chain

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

1. **2529** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2529.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **75–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 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`
- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2024)
- **2024-05-23** 05/23/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-23** 05/23/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Referred to House Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2024)
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House 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/4533887e-4696-41ca-9d7c-c267973efef1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).