---
type: "Bill"
title: "JOINT RESOLUTION AMENDING THE JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A PERMANENT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON CHILD CARE IN RHODE ISLAND"
description: "Amends the membership of the permanent legislative commission on child care with twenty-seven (27) members to ensure that the state has high quality and affordable childcare and early learning services network."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HR 7952"
citation: "Rhode Island HR 7952 (2026)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casimiro", "Cruz", "Diaz", "Donovan", "Edwards", "Shallcross Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-27"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e149cc1d-a55c-45e4-8eaf-dd5977d71b2e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5dc94faaa8b3c0dcab93c5301fb15e836bba72b0c948b9a0e97d00a03181a3bc"
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 HR 7952 (2026) — JOINT RESOLUTION AMENDING THE JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A PERMANENT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON CHILD CARE IN RHODE ISLAND

Amends the membership of the permanent legislative commission on child care with twenty-seven (27) members to ensure that the state has high quality and affordable childcare and early learning services network.

## Version chain

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

1. **7952** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7952.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-26** 03/26/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/30/2026)
- **2026-03-30** 03/30/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/28/2026)
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/05/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-05** 05/05/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/e149cc1d-a55c-45e4-8eaf-dd5977d71b2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).