republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2019/hb-5887.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - RHODE ISLAND CERTIFICATIONS STANDARDS BOARD [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Creates the Right to Read Act to require certain licensed teachers to be proficient in scientific reading instruction.)	AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - RHODE ISLAND CERTIFICATIONS STANDARDS BOARD [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Creates the Right to Read Act to require certain licensed teachers to be proficient in scientific reading instruction.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2019	HB 5887	Rhode Island HB 5887 (2019)	bill	Education	enacted	Amore Corvese McEntee Morin O'Brien	1	20	2	2019-03-21	2019-07-08	openstates	ocd-bill/00d5b880-53fa-40c3-9754-60ad1e091eb2	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	9bafe443f66fb437ff1f8e7d3cc37debb20d41a406df0a157f2aa8ea54928df7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5887 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - RHODE ISLAND CERTIFICATIONS STANDARDS BOARD [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Creates the Right to Read Act to require certain licensed teachers to be proficient in scientific reading instruction.)

Version chain

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

1. 5887 SUB B (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• IN CONCURRENCE — 60–0 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE — 69–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Amore — primary (person)
• Corvese — primary (person)
• McEntee — primary (person)
• Morin — primary (person)
• O'Brien — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-21 03/21/2019 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-03-29 03/29/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2019)
• 2019-04-03 04/03/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2019-05-10 05/10/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/15/2019)
• 2019-05-15 05/15/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2019-06-03 06/03/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2019)
• 2019-06-03 06/03/2019 Proposed Substitute
• 2019-06-05 06/05/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-06-07 06/07/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2019)
• 2019-06-13 06/13/2019 House passed Sub A passage
• 2019-06-25 06/25/2019 Referred to Senate Education referral-committee
• 2019-06-28 06/28/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/28/2019)
• 2019-06-28 06/28/2019 Proposed Substitute
• 2019-06-28 06/28/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub B committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-06-28 06/28/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2019)
• 2019-06-28 06/28/2019 Senate passed Sub B passage
• 2019-06-28 06/28/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
• 2019-06-28 06/28/2019 House passed Sub B in concurrence passage
• 2019-07-03 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-07-08 07/08/2019 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/00d5b880-53fa-40c3-9754-60ad1e091eb2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).