---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Requires private/public schools provide/maintain opioid antagonists on-site including elementary schools.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Requires private/public schools provide/maintain opioid antagonists on-site including elementary schools.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 409"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 409 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drugs", "Education", "Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Euer", "Lawson", "Murray", "Nesselbush", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2417c0c-c8a9-4c4f-996c-9a2de34c9c09"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "bf57947aa05bc4ca37cc04aba52911e97618f1ee6c62b507409ce833a353d0ba"
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 409 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Requires private/public schools provide/maintain opioid antagonists on-site including elementary schools.)

## Version chain

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

1. **409 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0409A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Euer — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Nesselbush — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-19** 04/19/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2019)
- **2019-04-24** 04/24/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2019)
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/25/2019)
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/a2417c0c-c8a9-4c4f-996c-9a2de34c9c09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).