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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: "SB 2950"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2950 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Burke", "Cano", "DiMario", "Kallman", "Lauria", "McKenney", "Murray", "Pearson", "Valverde"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-04-05"
+last_action: "2024-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68c1ef3e-4833-4c59-95ca-8e3c506c644a"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "8a3f1376e121489f2390320bf90f63295db6683be03907f9ca736c9c000c8688"
+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 SB 2950 (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. **2950 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2950A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **36–1** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **75–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bissaillon — primary (person)
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- Cano — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Kallman — primary (person)
+- Lauria — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/04/2024)
+- **2024-06-03** 06/03/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House 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/68c1ef3e-4833-4c59-95ca-8e3c506c644a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+