---
type: "Bill"
title: "JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE RETURN OF CENTRAL FALLS SCHOOLS TO LOCAL GOVERNANCE"
description: "Authorizes the city of Central Falls, via home rule charter or city ordinance, to create a school board with all powers and duties thereto, to govern the Central Falls school district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HR 6255"
citation: "Rhode Island HR 6255 (2025)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Biah", "Casimiro", "Cruz", "Felix", "Giraldo", "Morales", "Phillips", "Shallcross Smith", "Voas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-04-23"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/781fa84d-04c2-44a5-899a-ed78f85b41f5"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "eb69e2592e8cf3c6d5160ef15dc89460eedc69d39e6929dbf2156664e3262590"
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 HR 6255 (2025) — JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE RETURN OF CENTRAL FALLS SCHOOLS TO LOCAL GOVERNANCE

Authorizes the city of Central Falls, via home rule charter or city ordinance, to create a school board with all powers and duties thereto, to govern the Central Falls school district.

## Version chain

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

1. **6255 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6255A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Biah — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Giraldo — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
- Voas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-23** 04/23/2025 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/15/2025)
- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-15** 06/15/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2025)
- **2025-06-15** 06/15/2025 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/781fa84d-04c2-44a5-899a-ed78f85b41f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).