---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TEAMS"
description: "Requires the school board or committees of cities and towns to establish a safety and behavioral health committee and also lays out the representation requirements committee responsibilities to ensure a stable learning environment for all students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 235"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 235 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Bissaillon", "Burke", "DiMario", "Euer", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "Murray", "Patalano", "Vargas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-13"
last_action: "2025-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c90e62ef-3eaa-4535-bea6-40b0c53494f2"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "172cc4c0c47c307fedb6ba53c88ef07d5ccbb86200a8dd0fc7e48cbe653ade94"
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 235 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TEAMS

Requires the school board or committees of cities and towns to establish a safety and behavioral health committee and also lays out the representation requirements committee responsibilities to ensure a stable learning environment for all students.

## Version chain

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

1. **235 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0235A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–9** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appollonio — primary (person)
- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Patalano — primary (person)
- Vargas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/23/2025)
- **2025-04-25** 04/25/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2025)
- **2025-04-30** 04/30/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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 Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **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 in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/c90e62ef-3eaa-4535-bea6-40b0c53494f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).