---
type: "Bill"
title: "JOINT RESOLUTION AMENDING THE JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A PERMANENT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON CHILD CARE IN RHODE ISLAND"
description: "Amends the membership of the permanent legislative commission on child care with twenty-seven (27) members to ensure that the state has high quality and affordable childcare and early learning services network."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SR 2436"
citation: "Rhode Island SR 2436 (2026)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0036494d-8fef-4bfa-a8d7-afbdb4b9d0e1"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "084e156ebf5a8e3c3193a7e6dac6225de831e0e75beae92d2ac8219e645a46d0"
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 SR 2436 (2026) — JOINT RESOLUTION AMENDING THE JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A PERMANENT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON CHILD CARE IN RHODE ISLAND

Amends the membership of the permanent legislative commission on child care with twenty-seven (27) members to ensure that the state has high quality and affordable childcare and early learning services network.

## Version chain

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

1. **2436** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2436.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** 02/06/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/29/2026)
- **2026-04-29** 04/29/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/0036494d-8fef-4bfa-a8d7-afbdb4b9d0e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).