RI HB 7026
enactedAN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE NATHAN BRUNO AND JASON FLATT ACT
Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Description
Directs middle and high schools which issue student identification cards to include on those cards on or before September 8, 2026, contact crisis telephone numbers for suicide prevention and substance use disorder prevention.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-09
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-06-18 — 06/18/2026 Signed by Governor
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Casimiroprimary
- McNamaraprimary
- Boylanprimary
- Paplauskasprimary
- Cotterprimary
- Spearsprimary
- Donovanprimary
- Phillipsprimary
- Noretprimary
- Readprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-01-09
01/09/2026 Introduced, referred to House Education
introduction,referral-committee
2026-01-23
01/23/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/27/2026)
2026-01-27
01/27/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
committee-failure
2026-03-27
03/27/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/02/2026)
2026-03-27
03/27/2026 Proposed Substitute
substitution
2026-04-02
04/02/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-03
04/03/2026 Placed on House Calendar (04/09/2026)
reading-3
2026-04-09
04/09/2026 House passed Sub A
passage
2026-04-14
04/14/2026 Referred to Senate Education
referral-committee
2026-06-02
06/02/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2026)
2026-06-04
06/04/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence
committee-passage-favorable
2026-06-10
06/10/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2026)
reading-3
2026-06-11
06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence
passage
2026-06-16
06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor
executive-receipt
2026-06-18
06/18/2026 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Versions
- 7026 SUB ACompare
Documents
Votes
PASSAGE
2026-04-09 · pass · 64-0
Member-level votes (75)
- Abney: yes
- Ackerman: yes
- Ajello: yes
- Alzate: other
- Azzinaro: yes
- Baginski: other
- Batista: other
- Bennett: yes
- Biah: other
- Blazejewski: yes
- Boylan: yes
- Brien: yes
- Caldwell: yes
- Carson: yes
- Casey: yes
- Casimiro: yes
- Chippendale: yes
- Cortvriend: yes
- Corvese: yes
- Costantino: yes
- Cotter: yes
- Craven: other
- Cruz: other
- Dawson: yes
- DeSimone: yes
- Diaz: yes
- Donovan: yes
- Edwards: yes
- Fascia: other
- Felix: yes
- Fellela: yes
- 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: yes
- McNamara: yes
- Messier: yes
- Morales: yes
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Nardone: yes
- Newberry: yes
- Noret: yes
- O'Brien: yes
- Paplauskas: yes
- Perez: yes
- Phillips: yes
- Place: yes
- Potter: yes
- Quattrocchi: other
- Read: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Santucci: yes
- Serpa: yes
- ShallcrossSmith: other
- Shanley: yes
- Slater: yes
- Solomon: yes
- Speakman: yes
- Spears: yes
- Stewart: other
- Tanzi: yes
- Voas: other
Related bills
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