AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - RHODE ISLAND EARLY EDUCATOR INVESTMENT ACT (Requires children's cabinet to establish benchmarks/strategies/costs to improve compensation for early educators/implement pilot program for wage supplements/early educator registry by DHS.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
Senate Passage
May 2023
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 7, 2023
Last action May 3, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 2, 2023
How they voted
27–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 28
May 2, 2023
D
Democratic25
96% Yea
R
Republican3
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
2
May 3, 2023
Committee
05/03/2023 Referred to House Finance
lower
May 2, 2023
Upper · Passed
05/02/2023 Senate read and passed
upper
Apr 26, 2023
Legislature · Passed
04/26/2023 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Mar 7, 2023
Introduced
03/07/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Education
upper
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Alana DiMario
DDemocratic
P
Melissa Murray
DDemocratic
P
Sandra Cano
DDemocratic
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