---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (Would require public school districts to take certain actions to promote notice and disseminate information regarding the district’s special education local advisory committee.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (Would require public school districts to take certain actions to promote notice and disseminate information regarding the district’s special education local advisory committee.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5668"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5668 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Developmentally Disabled", "Education", "Minors", "Persons with Disabilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Casimiro", "Cortvriend", "Cotter", "Dawson", "Donovan", "Handy", "Kislak", "O'Brien"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b8b8188-e7d4-4de5-a077-66401317449c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "088a6c768c56b82ae016ff4eeec1790268a788d0fc590148ec4d8af2946099d3"
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 5668 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (Would require public school districts to take certain actions to promote notice and disseminate information regarding the district’s special education local advisory committee.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5668** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5668.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carson — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** 02/17/2023 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2023)
- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/19/2023)
- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-21** 04/21/2023 Placed on House Calendar (04/27/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** 04/27/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-26** 06/26/2023 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/1b8b8188-e7d4-4de5-a077-66401317449c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).