---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Requires the assessment to examine the status of each school building's safety be completed by November 1 of the year mandated.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Requires the assessment to examine the status of each school building's safety be completed by November 1 of the year mandated.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 22"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 22 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Building Code", "Health & Safety", "Education", "Children and Families"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DaPonte", "Gallo", "Goodwin", "Lynch Prata", "Satchell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae2d9d51-37b0-411a-9975-344eac1d97e5"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "072f0bb814e49789e752f772d3e514351bcaedc715a57eb2b5b0d92d99733a00"
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 22 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Requires the assessment to examine the status of each school building's safety be completed by November 1 of the year mandated.)

## Version chain

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

1. **22** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0022.pdf)

## Votes

- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- DaPonte — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
- Satchell — 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`
- **2017-03-20** 03/20/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2017)
- **2017-03-22** 03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2017)
- **2017-05-24** 05/24/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-25** 05/25/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/31/2017)
- **2017-05-31** 05/31/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-01** 06/01/2017 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2017)
- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/14/2017)
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-19** 06/19/2017 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/ae2d9d51-37b0-411a-9975-344eac1d97e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).