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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL EMERGENCY DRILLS ACT"
+description: "Makes revisions to the number, timing, and procedures to be followed when schools grades K through 12 implement fire drills, evacuation drills, and crisis response drills, designed to protect the health and safety of students."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 8102"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8102 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Caldwell", "Carson", "Casimiro", "Cotter", "Donovan", "Kislak", "McNamara", "Stewart", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-03-27"
+last_action: "2024-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26b7af36-7106-4868-a5fc-7a480bbc0016"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "ffb4a004679f5b1ac51703fa9cbfffe8651377fe65f799b94b299c125eb75bfa"
+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 8102 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL EMERGENCY DRILLS ACT
+
+Makes revisions to the number, timing, and procedures to be followed when schools grades K through 12 implement fire drills, evacuation drills, and crisis response drills, designed to protect the health and safety of students.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8102 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8102A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Stewart — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-27** 03/27/2024 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2024)
+- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2024)
+- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/26b7af36-7106-4868-a5fc-7a480bbc0016`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+