---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION WORKFORCE DATA ACT"
description: "Codifies the previously funded Rhode Island early care and education workforce registry data system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7291"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7291 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Alzate", "Casimiro", "Cruz", "Diaz", "Donovan", "Felix", "Kazarian", "Shallcross Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-26"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70eb62c9-7f8e-499b-9caf-bfe0cd64baf1"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b410205bf77cd84de1a3c60599ea82489f0b2501de3b0311fa7ee17d04d2cb54"
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 7291 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- RHODE ISLAND EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION WORKFORCE DATA ACT

Codifies the previously funded Rhode Island early care and education workforce registry data system.

## Version chain

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

1. **7291 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7291A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Alzate — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-26** 01/26/2024 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/07/2024)
- **2024-02-07** 02/07/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/70eb62c9-7f8e-499b-9caf-bfe0cd64baf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).