---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - RHODE ISLAND CERTIFICATIONS STANDARDS BOARD [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Creates the Right to Read Act to require certain licensed teachers to be proficient in scientific reading instruction.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - RHODE ISLAND CERTIFICATIONS STANDARDS BOARD [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Creates the Right to Read Act to require certain licensed teachers to be proficient in scientific reading instruction.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5887"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5887 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Corvese", "McEntee", "Morin", "O'Brien"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-21"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00d5b880-53fa-40c3-9754-60ad1e091eb2"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "9bafe443f66fb437ff1f8e7d3cc37debb20d41a406df0a157f2aa8ea54928df7"
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 5887 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - RHODE ISLAND CERTIFICATIONS STANDARDS BOARD [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Creates the Right to Read Act to require certain licensed teachers to be proficient in scientific reading instruction.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5887 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5887B.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amore — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Morin — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-21** 03/21/2019 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** 03/29/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2019)
- **2019-04-03** 04/03/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-10** 05/10/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/15/2019)
- **2019-05-15** 05/15/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-03** 06/03/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2019)
- **2019-06-03** 06/03/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2019)
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed Sub B `passage`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 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/00d5b880-53fa-40c3-9754-60ad1e091eb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).