RI HB 7027
enactedAN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS
Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Description
Expands the requirement that all high schools and middle schools, whether they are publicly or privately run to maintain on site a functional AED while establishing and implementing a cardiac emergency response plan in these schools.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-09
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-06-10 — 06/10/2026 Signed by Governor
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Phillipsprimary
- Messierprimary
- Donovanprimary
- Serpaprimary
- Finkelmanprimary
- Biahprimary
- O'Brienprimary
- McNamaraprimary
- Readprimary
- Noretprimary
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
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2026-03-27
03/27/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/02/2026)
2026-04-02
04/02/2026 Committee recommends passage
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2026-04-03
04/03/2026 Placed on House Calendar (04/09/2026)
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2026-04-09
04/09/2026 House read and passed
passage
2026-04-14
04/14/2026 Referred to Senate Education
referral-committee
2026-05-22
05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
2026-05-26
05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
committee-passage-favorable
2026-06-03
06/03/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/04/2026)
reading-3
2026-06-04
06/04/2026 Senate passed in concurrence
passage
2026-06-04
06/04/2026 Transmitted to Governor
executive-receipt
2026-06-10
06/10/2026 Signed by Governor
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Versions
- 7027Compare
Documents
Votes
PASSAGE
2026-04-09 · pass · 62-3
Member-level votes (75)
- Abney: yes
- Ackerman: yes
- Ajello: yes
- Alzate: other
- Azzinaro: yes
- Baginski: other
- Batista: other
- Bennett: yes
- Biah: yes
- Blazejewski: yes
- Boylan: yes
- Brien: yes
- Caldwell: other
- Carson: yes
- Casey: yes
- Casimiro: no
- Chippendale: yes
- Cortvriend: yes
- Corvese: yes
- Costantino: yes
- Cotter: yes
- Craven: other
- Cruz: other
- Dawson: yes
- DeSimone: yes
- Diaz: yes
- Donovan: yes
- Edwards: no
- Fascia: other
- Felix: yes
- Fellela: yes
- Finkelman: yes
- Fogarty: no
- 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: yes
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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