Let’s give immediate credit to the Rhode Island Senate Education Committee, led by Chairwoman Hanna Gallo (D-Cranston), for being the first RI General Assembly Committee, definitely in this session and maybe ever, to post its votes to hold bills for further study to the “Committee Votes” section of the General Assembly website, providing the public with a more complete record of what occurs during committee sessions than previously has been done.
In the other chamber, although 16 bills have already been “held for further study” by House committees as of the end of last week, no record of those votes appears on the General Assembly’s website at the present time.