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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS"
+description: "Requires every public school to have a policy regarding the use of personal electronic devices on school grounds."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 771"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 771 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "DiPalma", "Murray", "Thompson", "Urso"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-14"
+last_action: "2025-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de309696-cf0f-473e-8ff4-a885646f01b0"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "9e4131c148b905b015a9674d9f3e94665ff7b3e71878e8a2766ba17f7ac8b6c1"
+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 771 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS
+
+Requires every public school to have a policy regarding the use of personal electronic devices on school grounds.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **771 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0771A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acosta — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Thompson — primary (person)
+- Urso — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2025)
+- **2025-03-26** 03/26/2025 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 (04/23/2025)
+- **2025-04-25** 04/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2025)
+- **2025-04-30** 04/30/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2025)
+- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-07** 05/07/2025 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 Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/de309696-cf0f-473e-8ff4-a885646f01b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+