---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CARDIAC ARREST PREVENTION IN SCHOOL SPORTS (Addresses the potential for sudden cardiac arrest among student athletes by raising awareness of the symptoms ad requiring medical evaluations.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CARDIAC ARREST PREVENTION IN SCHOOL SPORTS (Addresses the potential for sudden cardiac arrest among student athletes by raising awareness of the symptoms ad requiring medical evaluations.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 21"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 21 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Medical", "Children and Families", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felag"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3df42302-3323-4216-b71b-2de8502ad716"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "3523fabfc2186aa45f4ab1869bc35ae8977c2adebba4752a43654d16498b5e7e"
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 21 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CARDIAC ARREST PREVENTION IN SCHOOL SPORTS (Addresses the potential for sudden cardiac arrest among student athletes by raising awareness of the symptoms ad requiring medical evaluations.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **21 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0021B.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- In Concurrence — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- RELATING TO EDUCATION - CARDIAC — **69–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Felag — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-18** 01/18/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-02-27** 02/27/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/01/2017)
- **2017-03-01** 03/01/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2017)
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2017)
- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub B `passage`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-09-25** 09/25/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-28** 09/28/2017 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/3df42302-3323-4216-b71b-2de8502ad716`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).