---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND STUDENT INVESTMENT INITIATIVE"
description: "Requires the board of regents to adopt support and intervention strategies consistent with Comprehensive Education Strategy and SALT in one district at a time."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5594"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5594 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Biah", "DeSimone", "Hull", "Kazarian", "O'Brien", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/360aff62-83d6-4ce2-8a62-44470ab61333"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "2e06a4ca455608519a8fbadc2510f9bd444535dbd06c727433f22ccf5f28f94b"
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 5594 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE PAUL W. CROWLEY RHODE ISLAND STUDENT INVESTMENT INITIATIVE

Requires the board of regents to adopt support and intervention strategies consistent with Comprehensive Education Strategy and SALT in one district at a time.

## Version chain

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

1. **5594 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5594A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Biah — primary (person)
- DeSimone — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Education `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`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 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/360aff62-83d6-4ce2-8a62-44470ab61333`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).