---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TEAMS"
description: "Requires the school board or committees of cities and towns to establish a safety and behavioral health committee and also lays out the representation requirements committee responsibilities to ensure a stable learning environment for all students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5165"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5165 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Casimiro", "Cotter", "Kennedy", "McNamara", "Noret", "Potter", "Read", "Solomon", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb201401-0454-478b-bd5a-c897e3ad0701"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "61b8c200146225993a7a5424cc4346fc031c8b0c061b43cfbaeb0f890f81d664"
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 5165 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TEAMS

Requires the school board or committees of cities and towns to establish a safety and behavioral health committee and also lays out the representation requirements committee responsibilities to ensure a stable learning environment for all students.

## Version chain

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

1. **5165 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5165A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **60–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carson — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** 01/24/2025 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/25/2025)
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/22/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** 04/22/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2025)
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/bb201401-0454-478b-bd5a-c897e3ad0701`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).