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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL BUILDING CORPORATION"
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description: "Updates the statutory terminology by replacing the phrase \"institutions of higher learning\" with that of \"educational institutions\", and would redefine child daycare centers as educational institutions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 5961"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5961 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Baginski", "Corvese", "Costantino", "Donovan", "Hull", "Lima", "McNamara", "Serpa", "Shallcross Smith"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2025-02-28"
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last_action: "2025-06-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21cb99dd-1991-486b-8f42-4cd9c02337b8"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "475908113cd756de2b5504d6c7c5944210247cc52baeb43d7f59b2c32dbf0a62"
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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 5961 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL BUILDING CORPORATION
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Updates the statutory terminology by replacing the phrase "institutions of higher learning" with that of "educational institutions", and would redefine child daycare centers as educational institutions.
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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. **5961 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5961A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **66–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Azzinaro — primary (person)
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- Baginski — primary (person)
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- Corvese — primary (person)
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- Costantino — primary (person)
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- Donovan — primary (person)
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- Hull — primary (person)
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- Lima — primary (person)
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- McNamara — primary (person)
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- Serpa — primary (person)
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- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Committee transferred to House Education
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- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2025)
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- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/13/2025)
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- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/29/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 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/21cb99dd-1991-486b-8f42-4cd9c02337b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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