---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT"
description: "Extends the sunset provision allowing retired teachers to substitute teach for up to 180 days from June 20, 2025 until July 1, 2026."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5322"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5322 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brien", "Dawson", "Diaz", "Hull", "Kazarian", "Lombardi", "McNamara", "O'Brien", "Slater", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5be63761-1ea6-4c56-a568-d0f3b9491f18"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "34df9ff251397fdbc398c0fc6cb99574a11f89b3debd302bb21f3174f38df12e"
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 5322 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TEACHERS' RETIREMENT

Extends the sunset provision allowing retired teachers to substitute teach for up to 180 days from June 20, 2025 until July 1, 2026.

## Version chain

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

1. **5322 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5322A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brien — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** 02/05/2025 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/22/2025)
- **2025-04-22** 04/22/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-15** 06/15/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2025)
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-19** 06/19/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/5be63761-1ea6-4c56-a568-d0f3b9491f18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).