---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Directs the department of education to utilize the federal governments troops to teachers program.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Directs the department of education to utilize the federal governments troops to teachers program.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7235"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7235 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lancia", "McLaughlin", "Nardolillo", "Serpa", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ebbabed-e6d4-461f-8aed-c0a3a0ea3500"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "2beff466ece8d4f0e6544642587019e3884e9692a02ea0b42f2a5530086fff24"
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 7235 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS (Directs the department of education to utilize the federal governments troops to teachers program.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7235 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7235A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lancia — primary (person)
- McLaughlin — primary (person)
- Nardolillo — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-19** 01/19/2018 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** 01/26/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/31/2018)
- **2018-01-31** 01/31/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-02-09** 02/09/2018 Scheduled for consideration
- **2018-02-12** 02/12/2018 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/14/2018)
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2018)
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/29/2018)
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/6ebbabed-e6d4-461f-8aed-c0a3a0ea3500`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).