---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF THE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., PARENT-TEACHER ORGANIZATION"
description: "AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF THE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., PARENT-TEACHER ORGANIZATION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8229"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8229 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kislak"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-03-04"
last_action: "2026-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77937ae8-08fd-4467-ad0f-6aea60cc1583"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "39c7b1adf6f9c4a5e1404c56e39d4279acb029d385884d531d856a709bc1b362"
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 8229 (2026) — AN ACT TO VACATE THE FORFEITURE OR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER OF THE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., PARENT-TEACHER ORGANIZATION

## Version chain

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

1. **8229** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8229.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kislak — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2026)
- **2026-04-02** 04/02/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Placed on House Calendar (04/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-09** 04/09/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-04-14** 04/14/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (04/16/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-16** 04/16/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-04-16** 04/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 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/77937ae8-08fd-4467-ad0f-6aea60cc1583`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).