---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- WARWICK PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUDGET COMMISSION"
description: "Creates a budget commission to oversee the Warwick schools district until such time as the fiscal year 2025 - 2026 Warwick school budget is approved."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5252"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5252 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "McNamara", "Read", "Shekarchi", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/365a0609-0ae0-49d5-9167-351a5c9fceca"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b68deee1e542bd2bd047b5ae7dfdc49a604e44696f17b11c393ab3bf418bfe7e"
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 5252 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- WARWICK PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUDGET COMMISSION

Creates a budget commission to oversee the Warwick schools district until such time as the fiscal year 2025 - 2026 Warwick school budget is approved.

## Version chain

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

1. **5252 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5252A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2025)
- **2025-02-06** 02/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-02-10** 02/10/2025 Scheduled for consideration (02/12/2025)
- **2025-02-11** 02/11/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-12** 02/12/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Placed on House Calendar (02/25/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/11/2025)
- **2025-03-11** 03/11/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/27/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 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/365a0609-0ae0-49d5-9167-351a5c9fceca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).