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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SUICIDE PREVENTION--THE NATHAN BRUNO AND JASON FLATT ACT (Creates the \"Nathan Bruno and Jason Flatt Act\" which requires training of teachers/students/school personnel regarding suicide awareness and prevention, and the establishment of a conflict resolution process between teachers or school personnel/students.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SUICIDE PREVENTION--THE NATHAN BRUNO AND JASON FLATT ACT (Creates the \"Nathan Bruno and Jason Flatt Act\" which requires training of teachers/students/school personnel regarding suicide awareness and prevention, and the establishment of a conflict resolution process between teachers or school personnel/students.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 5353"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5353 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education", "Health & Safety", "Mental Health", "Minors", "Teachers"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Amore", "Carson", "Cassar", "Cortvriend", "Henries", "McGaw", "Ruggiero", "Solomon", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-05"
+last_action: "2021-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b9ad830-1a43-4815-9eb6-a88285645f98"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "54b50d2f8d88cdeaf3b0dce0f69758fd08a61e9be7d82d58193ca4ca1b233af5"
+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 5353 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SUICIDE PREVENTION--THE NATHAN BRUNO AND JASON FLATT ACT (Creates the "Nathan Bruno and Jason Flatt Act" which requires training of teachers/students/school personnel regarding suicide awareness and prevention, and the establishment of a conflict resolution process between teachers or school personnel/students.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5353** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5353.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **64–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Amore — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Cassar — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Henries — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- Ruggiero — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-26** 02/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2021-03-02** 03/02/2021 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/03/2021)
+- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/14/2021)
+- **2021-04-14** 04/14/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2021)
+- **2021-06-09** 06/09/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-14** 06/14/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2021)
+- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2021)
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2021)
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 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/2b9ad830-1a43-4815-9eb6-a88285645f98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+