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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES"
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description: "Outlines the requirements and process for LEAs to get written parental consent before conducting an evaluation, reevaluation, making an initial placement/changes in placement/the individual education program of a student in a special education program."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 7721"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7721 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Carson", "Cotter", "Cruz", "Giraldo", "Kislak", "Morales", "Shanley", "Slater", "Speakman"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2024-02-28"
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last_action: "2024-06-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4192e5cd-c31d-44bd-b296-2d8f48b593d6"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "786ca12d70dd94119ca2adee63a07e5a0cc98b1271cde786c5042c6e46ebd323"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island HB 7721 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
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Outlines the requirements and process for LEAs to get written parental consent before conducting an evaluation, reevaluation, making an initial placement/changes in placement/the individual education program of a student in a special education program.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **7721 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7721A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Caldwell — primary (person)
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- Carson — primary (person)
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- Cotter — primary (person)
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- Cruz — primary (person)
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- Giraldo — primary (person)
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- Kislak — primary (person)
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- Morales — primary (person)
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- Shanley — primary (person)
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- Slater — primary (person)
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- Speakman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-28** 02/28/2024 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2024)
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- **2024-03-13** 03/13/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2024)
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- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/29/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2024)
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- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-24** 06/24/2024 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4192e5cd-c31d-44bd-b296-2d8f48b593d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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