---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TRANSPARENCY IN ARTS EDUCATION ACCESS AND PROFICIENCY ACT"
description: "Establishes the Transparency in Arts Education Access and Proficiency Act to promote arts education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2042"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2042 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto", "Cano", "DiMario", "Euer", "Gallo", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Miller", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-12"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c144019d-fa38-40d4-a48b-3d5bce4d1687"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d2a0b64b9ad1c75c774b0670205d2ab2e9d735e036d4dd3bcf766adfd06aa6ac"
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 SB 2042 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- TRANSPARENCY IN ARTS EDUCATION ACCESS AND PROFICIENCY ACT

Establishes the Transparency in Arts Education Access and Proficiency Act to promote arts education.

## Version chain

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

1. **2042 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2042A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-12** 01/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2024)
- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2024)
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 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/c144019d-fa38-40d4-a48b-3d5bce4d1687`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).