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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS REQUIRED AT PUBLIC PLACES AND HEALTHCARE FACILITIES -- DAVID CASEY ACT"
+description: "Requires public or private golf courses to have an automated external defibrillator on the premises."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 475"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 475 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Britto", "Burke", "Ciccone", "Dimitri", "LaMountain", "McKenney", "Patalano", "Raptakis", "Thompson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-26"
+last_action: "2025-06-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1b06903-87ff-4cff-82b8-92695ba18bc5"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "7a0b6db8f0d5ab49e6a34c114c1e95979782b0c7d041a680e2434bf78f7dc202"
+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 475 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS REQUIRED AT PUBLIC PLACES AND HEALTHCARE FACILITIES -- DAVID CASEY ACT
+
+Requires public or private golf courses to have an automated external defibrillator on the premises.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **475 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0475A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Appollonio — primary (person)
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- Dimitri — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+- Patalano — primary (person)
+- Raptakis — primary (person)
+- Thompson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2025)
+- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
+- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/24/2025)
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/06/2025)
+- **2025-05-05** 05/05/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-07** 05/07/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/13/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-05-14** 05/14/2025 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2025)
+- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/29/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 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/c1b06903-87ff-4cff-82b8-92695ba18bc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+