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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS"
+description: "Strengthens school security measures, including the establishment of a RI school emergency response committee to develop additional recommendations for school security measures and requiring an annual school safety assessment by all school districts."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 7731"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7731 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Corvese", "Donovan", "Fascia", "McNamara", "Noret", "Read", "Santucci", "Serpa", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-02-12"
+last_action: "2026-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/953ce2de-4bba-4a7c-8704-e059dd88cfdb"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "fb4f679d75afd834553ebbc653c04337ec172ddec527e39235f6ec849c7b6301"
+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 7731 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS
+
+Strengthens school security measures, including the establishment of a RI school emergency response committee to develop additional recommendations for school security measures and requiring an annual school safety assessment by all school districts.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7731 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7731A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Fascia — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Santucci — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-12** 02/12/2026 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/17/2026)
+- **2026-03-17** 03/17/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/953ce2de-4bba-4a7c-8704-e059dd88cfdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+