Rhode Island legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island S2436: JOINT RESOLUTION AMENDING THE JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A PERMANENT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON CHILD CARE IN RHODE ISLAND (Amends the membership of the permanent legislative commission on child care with twenty-seven (27) members to ensure that the state has high quality and affordable childcare and early learning services network.)
Status: Signed into law, June 19, 2026
What the bill says
A Joint Resolution in 1989, and has been meeting faithfully since that time to develop and recommend policies and legislation that will provide for quality, affordable, and accessible child care and early education services in Rhode Island; and.
From the introduced text, February 6, 2026:
a Joint Resolution in 1989, and has been meeting faithfully since that time to develop and recommend policies and legislation that will provide for quality, affordable, and accessible child care and early education services in Rhode Island; and WHEREAS, Seventy percent of Rhode Island children under age six and sixty-five percent of Rhode Island children ages six to seventeen have all parents in the workforce; and WHEREAS, Since the Commission was established, research has shown that participating in high-quality early childhood programs supports all children's learning and development, can improve the trajectory of families' lives, and can close achievement gaps that appear prior to kindergarten; now, therefore be it RESOLVED, That the Permanent Legislative Commission on Child Care in Rhode Island, created by resolution No. 217 passed by the General Assembly at its January session, A.D. 1989, and approved July 7, 1989, entitled "Joint Resolution Creating A Permanent Legislative Commission On Child Care In Rhode Island," amended by resolution No. 219 passed by the General Assembly at its January session, A.D. 1991, and approved June 20, 1991, entitled "Joint Resolution In Amendment of The Joint Resolution Creating A Permanent Legislative Commission On Child Care In Rhode Island," further amended by resolution No. 325 passed by the General Assembly at its January session, A.D. 1998, and approved by the General Assembly …