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SB 987 Rhode Island Senate · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

Summary
Provide protection for the rights of professional, administrative and secretarial employees of the department of education to collectively bargain over all terms and conditions of employment.
Issues: ✓ EducationSupports EducationProtects education employees' collective bargaining rights, supporting educator workforce stability and conditions of employment within the Department of Education.85% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentBill explicitly protects collective bargaining rights for education employees, aligning with labor rights support indicators.90% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
House Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Apr 16, 2025 Signed Jun 26, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Jun 4, 2025

How they voted

30–1
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 36
Jun 4, 2025
D Democratic32
27 Yea 5
84% Yea
R Republican4
3 Yea 1 Nay
75% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
11
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Jun 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
06/18/2025 House passed in concurrence
lower
Jun 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
06/04/2025 Senate read and passed
upper
Jun 2, 2025
Legislature · Passed
06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage
legislature
May 7, 2025
Committee
05/07/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Apr 16, 2025
Introduced
04/16/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor and Gaming
upper
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Frank Ciccone
Frank Ciccone
DDemocratic
RI
7
P
Photo of Hanna Gallo
Hanna Gallo
DDemocratic
RI
27
P
Photo of Lou DiPalma
Lou DiPalma
DDemocratic
RI
12
P
Photo of Val Lawson
Val Lawson
DDemocratic
RI
14