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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM (Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to consider incorporating substance abuse education and suicide prevention into the health education curriculum.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM (Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to consider incorporating substance abuse education and suicide prevention into the health education curriculum.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 5177"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5177 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Kazarian", "Marshall", "O'Brien", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-01-19"
+last_action: "2017-06-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f57cac0a-4429-4478-8dab-176545ba0580"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "3e6abe4c09229fc831ce25c0e661489a4713ee3884c15436635ec5ad60c28405"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island HB 5177 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM (Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to consider incorporating substance abuse education and suicide prevention into the health education curriculum.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5177 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5177A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Marshall — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-19** 01/19/2017 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-01-27** 01/27/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/01/2017)
+- **2017-02-01** 02/01/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2017)
+- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2017)
+- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/21/2017)
+- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f57cac0a-4429-4478-8dab-176545ba0580`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+