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RI HB 7728

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AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS

Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did RI HB 7728 pass?

No. RI HB 7728 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2026-03-17). Latest recorded action (2026-03-17): 03/17/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

What is RI HB 7728 about?

Allows emergency preliminary certificates for teaching to be issued for up to a total of five (5) school years.

Who sponsors RI HB 7728?

Read, Donovan, McEntee and 7 others are the primary sponsors of RI HB 7728.

Description

Allows emergency preliminary certificates for teaching to be issued for up to a total of five (5) school years.

Introduced
2026-02-12
Latest action
2026-03-17 — 03/17/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Readprimary
  • Donovanprimary
  • McEnteeprimary
  • Fellelaprimary
  • Corveseprimary
  • Azzinaroprimary
  • Cravenprimary
  • Shallcross Smithprimary
  • McNamaraprimary
  • O'Brienprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-12

    02/12/2026 Introduced, referred to House Education

    introduction,referral-committee

  2. 2026-03-13

    03/13/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/17/2026)

  3. 2026-03-17

    03/17/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

    committee-failure

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Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

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Attribution

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