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RI HB 8362

died on adjournment

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM -- FOSTER CARE YOUTH ACADEMIC REPORTS

Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did RI HB 8362 pass?

No. RI HB 8362 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-05-22): 05/22/2026 Referred to Senate Education

What is RI HB 8362 about?

Expands foster care academic youth reports to include information regarding 504 eligibility, graduation progress and surrogate parents. The act would require implementation of additional strategies to improve performance and additional progress reports.

Who sponsors RI HB 8362?

Caldwell, Craven, Hopkins and 7 others are the primary sponsors of RI HB 8362.

Description

Expands foster care academic youth reports to include information regarding 504 eligibility, graduation progress and surrogate parents. The act would require implementation of additional strategies to improve performance and additional progress reports.

Introduced
2026-03-27
Latest action
2026-05-22 — 05/22/2026 Referred to Senate Education
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Caldwellprimary
  • Cravenprimary
  • Hopkinsprimary
  • Cruzprimary
  • Donovanprimary
  • Speakmanprimary
  • McEnteeprimary
  • Potterprimary
  • Kazarianprimary
  • Casimiroprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-05-22

    05/22/2026 Referred to Senate Education

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-05-19

    05/19/2026 House read and passed

    passage

  3. 2026-05-15

    05/15/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/19/2026)

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  4. 2026-05-14

    05/14/2026 Committee recommends passage

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  5. 2026-05-11

    05/11/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/14/2026)

  6. 2026-04-09

    04/09/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

    committee-failure

  7. 2026-04-03

    04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2026)

  8. 2026-03-27

    03/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Education

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • PASSAGE

    2026-05-19 · pass · 63-0

    Member-level votes (75)
    • Abney: yes
    • Ackerman: yes
    • Ajello: yes
    • Alzate: yes
    • Azzinaro: yes
    • Baginski: yes
    • Batista: other
    • Bennett: yes
    • Biah: yes
    • Boylan: yes
    • Brien: other
    • Caldwell: yes
    • Carson: other
    • Casey: yes
    • Casimiro: other
    • Chippendale: yes
    • Cortvriend: yes
    • Corvese: yes
    • Costantino: yes
    • Cotter: yes
    • Craven: other
    • Cruz: yes
    • Dawson: yes
    • DeSimone: yes
    • Diaz: yes
    • Donovan: yes
    • Edwards: yes
    • Fascia: yes
    • Felix: yes
    • Fellela: other
    • Finkelman: yes
    • Fogarty: yes
    • Furtado: yes
    • Giraldo: yes
    • Handy: yes
    • Hopkins: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Kazarian: yes
    • Kennedy: yes
    • Kislak: yes
    • Knight: yes
    • Lima: yes
    • Lombardi: yes
    • Marszalkowski: yes
    • McEntee: yes
    • McGaw: other
    • McNamara: yes
    • Messier: yes
    • Morales: yes
    • Mr. Speaker: yes
    • Nardone: yes
    • Newberry: yes
    • Noret: yes
    • O'Brien: yes
    • Paplauskas: yes
    • Perez: other
    • Phillips: yes
    • Place: yes
    • Potter: yes
    • Quattrocchi: other
    • Read: other
    • Roberts: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Santucci: yes
    • Serpa: yes
    • ShallcrossSmith: yes
    • Shanley: yes
    • Shekarchi: other
    • Slater: yes
    • Solomon: other
    • Speakman: yes
    • Spears: yes
    • Stewart: yes
    • Tanzi: yes
    • Voas: yes

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