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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS"
+description: "Directs the state department of education to establish an anti-hazing policy in student athletics."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 7003"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7003 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Boylan", "Casey", "Fascia", "Hopkins", "McNamara", "Morales", "Paplauskas", "Shekarchi", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-01-07"
+last_action: "2026-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0297c43c-1717-4db6-b4c9-a7d741964207"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "b13d191dc3dea8a3d78e0e2460636d76935addc9bdcbe4ef54e4053d18d560dd"
+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 7003 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS
+
+Directs the state department of education to establish an anti-hazing policy in student athletics.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7003** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7003.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **63–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ackerman — primary (person)
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Fascia — primary (person)
+- Hopkins — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Paplauskas — primary (person)
+- Shekarchi — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-07** 01/07/2026 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-19** 02/19/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2026-02-23** 02/23/2026 Meeting postponed (02/24/2026)
+- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/03/2026)
+- **2026-03-03** 03/03/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/02/2026)
+- **2026-04-02** 04/02/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Placed on House Calendar (04/09/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-04-09** 04/09/2026 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-14** 04/14/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
+- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/0297c43c-1717-4db6-b4c9-a7d741964207`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+