---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- WARWICK PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUDGET COMMISSION"
description: "Creates the Warwick public schools budget commission consisting of 5 members to oversee the operations of Warwick public schools and to present a preliminary analysis of the school district's financial situation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 242"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 242 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKenney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-13"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cf4d72e-e60a-4f04-b0c3-c5d89f4011a3"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "dcd26358ec586817adcf73f074396fa93ee5a04eee86175d81bea150327f73ef"
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 242 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- WARWICK PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUDGET COMMISSION

Creates the Warwick public schools budget commission consisting of 5 members to oversee the operations of Warwick public schools and to present a preliminary analysis of the school district's financial situation.

## Version chain

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

1. **242** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0242.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McKenney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2025)
- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-05** 03/05/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/13/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Referred to House Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/25/2025)
- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/27/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 House passed 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/3cf4d72e-e60a-4f04-b0c3-c5d89f4011a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).