---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to incorporate substance abuse prevention and suicide prevention into the health education curriculum.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to incorporate substance abuse prevention and suicide prevention into the health education curriculum.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7987"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7987 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drugs", "Education", "Substance Abuse Stamp"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corvese", "Handy", "Lima", "O'Brien", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-03-22"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a853058c-4775-4870-b3bf-872de5c87552"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "1b373db86d589ce05ceeb442c8f2ca2e7462fef5b34afebbe061af14652f0462"
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 7987 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to incorporate substance abuse prevention and suicide prevention into the health education curriculum.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7987** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7987.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corvese — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- Lima — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-22** 03/22/2018 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** 04/18/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2018)
- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2018)
- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/07/2018)
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/a853058c-4775-4870-b3bf-872de5c87552`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).