---
type: "Bill"
title: "JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE RETURN OF CENTRAL FALLS SCHOOLS TO LOCAL GOVERNANCE"
description: "Creates a seven (7) member joint legislative commission to study and prepare a report on the return of Central Falls schools to local governance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SR 1156"
citation: "Rhode Island SR 1156 (2025)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-06-16"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03ab5de2-1495-4269-899c-a97f5eebc739"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4f22f61bdce47c1aa2b5caa9d6f8c4b8b575b8713e8796e1742b14faeffdd1eb"
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 SR 1156 (2025) — JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE RETURN OF CENTRAL FALLS SCHOOLS TO LOCAL GOVERNANCE

Creates a seven (7) member joint legislative commission to study and prepare a report on the return of Central Falls schools to local governance.

## Version chain

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

1. **1156** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S1156.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/18/2025)
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage `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 read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/03ab5de2-1495-4269-899c-a97f5eebc739`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).