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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS"
+description: "Expands the requirement that all high schools and middle schools, whether they are publicly or privately run to maintain on site a functional AED while establishing and implementing a cardiac emergency response plan in these schools."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 7027"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7027 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Biah", "Donovan", "Finkelman", "McNamara", "Messier", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Phillips", "Read", "Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-01-09"
+last_action: "2026-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8999ec88-9263-49f0-b974-074b6e681c4a"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "a72e0560e1ce1bec0bda6d744eaa79cc34777669378ad0ac39bf4be5d3e20975"
+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 7027 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS
+
+Expands the requirement that all high schools and middle schools, whether they are publicly or privately run to maintain on site a functional AED while establishing and implementing a cardiac emergency response plan in these schools.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7027** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7027.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **62–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Biah — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Finkelman — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Messier — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-09** 01/09/2026 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-23** 01/23/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/27/2026)
+- **2026-01-27** 01/27/2026 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 Education `referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
+- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 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/8999ec88-9263-49f0-b974-074b6e681c4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+