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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ESTABLISHMENT OF CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS"
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description: "Bars the council from granting approval to create or expand a charter school beginning operations in 26-27 school year and bars the state from approving or appropriating funds to a new charter school not approved before July 1, 2025."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 7415"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7415 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Casey", "Fogarty", "Furtado", "Kazarian", "Kislak", "Messier", "Phillips", "Sanchez", "Serpa"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2026-01-30"
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last_action: "2026-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b7f8d9b-b344-42e1-9f69-f2f57dfbca72"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "5679e3cc2d7c183c53869c83bd292b3996ff2b6c96d04eb8b91ba285ba6dfa89"
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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 7415 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- ESTABLISHMENT OF CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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Bars the council from granting approval to create or expand a charter school beginning operations in 26-27 school year and bars the state from approving or appropriating funds to a new charter school not approved before July 1, 2025.
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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. **7415 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7415A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **60–12** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alzate — primary (person)
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- Casey — primary (person)
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- Furtado — primary (person)
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- Kazarian — primary (person)
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- Kislak — primary (person)
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- Messier — primary (person)
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- Phillips — primary (person)
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- Sanchez — primary (person)
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- Serpa — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-30** 01/30/2026 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-06** 03/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/10/2026)
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- **2026-03-10** 03/10/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
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- **2026-06-06** 06/06/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/7b7f8d9b-b344-42e1-9f69-f2f57dfbca72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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