---
type: "Bill"
title: "JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY RHODE ISLAND'S EDUCATION FUNDING FORMULA AND EDUCATION FINANCE SYSTEM"
description: "Creates a special joint legislative commission to make a comprehensive study of Rhode Island's education funding formula and education finance system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HR 8351"
citation: "Rhode Island HR 8351 (2026)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Ajello", "Brien", "Cortvriend", "Furtado", "Kislak", "McNamara", "Phillips", "Sanchez", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-25"
last_action: "2026-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a074377-704e-4023-a5e8-cd1aef78da6c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "10a22405ccb80385fe4f024caf9d26a5348f17c91a9faf371f280ada4684fd91"
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 8351 (2026) — JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY RHODE ISLAND'S EDUCATION FUNDING FORMULA AND EDUCATION FINANCE SYSTEM

Creates a special joint legislative commission to make a comprehensive study of Rhode Island's education funding formula and education finance system.

## Version chain

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

1. **8351 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8351Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **64–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Ajello — primary (person)
- Brien — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Furtado — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Sanchez — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-25** 03/25/2026 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/28/2026)
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-06-07** 06/07/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2026)
- **2026-06-07** 06/07/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-22** 06/22/2026 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/5a074377-704e-4023-a5e8-cd1aef78da6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).