---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ESTABLISHMENT OF CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS"
description: "Bars the council from granting approval to create or expand a charter school beginning operations in 26-27 school year and bars the state from approving or appropriating funds to a new charter school not approved before July 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7415"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7415 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Casey", "Fogarty", "Furtado", "Kazarian", "Kislak", "Messier", "Phillips", "Sanchez", "Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-30"
last_action: "2026-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b7f8d9b-b344-42e1-9f69-f2f57dfbca72"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5679e3cc2d7c183c53869c83bd292b3996ff2b6c96d04eb8b91ba285ba6dfa89"
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 7415 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ESTABLISHMENT OF CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Bars the council from granting approval to create or expand a charter school beginning operations in 26-27 school year and bars the state from approving or appropriating funds to a new charter school not approved before July 1, 2025.

## Version chain

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

1. **7415 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7415A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **60–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Furtado — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Sanchez — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-30** 01/30/2026 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** 03/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/10/2026)
- **2026-03-10** 03/10/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/7b7f8d9b-b344-42e1-9f69-f2f57dfbca72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).