---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFIED NURSE-TEACHER (Requires only certified nurse-teachers to be employed as school nurses in elementary and secondary schools.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFIED NURSE-TEACHER (Requires only certified nurse-teachers to be employed as school nurses in elementary and secondary schools.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5197"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5197 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Families", "Education", "Nurses", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Casimiro", "Corvese", "Noret", "O'Brien"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d704085e-1ba0-4e12-88d6-c3b99f2311ca"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "73f902994dcec0a40ffe88e9125cfe2856c8e1e1ea300b25611c006785d7372f"
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 5197 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFIED NURSE-TEACHER (Requires only certified nurse-teachers to be employed as school nurses in elementary and secondary schools.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5197 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5197A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **54–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** 01/27/2021 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** 02/02/2021 Committee transferred to House Education
- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/31/2021)
- **2021-03-31** 03/31/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2021)
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-10** 07/10/2021 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d704085e-1ba0-4e12-88d6-c3b99f2311ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).