---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SUICIDE PREVENTION--THE NATHAN BRUNO AND JASON FLATT ACT (Creates the \"Nathan Bruno and Jason Flatt Act\" which requires training of teachers/students/school personnel regarding suicide awareness and prevention, and the establishment of a conflict resolution process between teachers or school personnel/students.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SUICIDE PREVENTION--THE NATHAN BRUNO AND JASON FLATT ACT (Creates the \"Nathan Bruno and Jason Flatt Act\" which requires training of teachers/students/school personnel regarding suicide awareness and prevention, and the establishment of a conflict resolution process between teachers or school personnel/students.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5353"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5353 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Health & Safety", "Mental Health", "Minors", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Amore", "Carson", "Cassar", "Cortvriend", "Henries", "McGaw", "Ruggiero", "Solomon", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b9ad830-1a43-4815-9eb6-a88285645f98"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "54b50d2f8d88cdeaf3b0dce0f69758fd08a61e9be7d82d58193ca4ca1b233af5"
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 5353 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SUICIDE PREVENTION--THE NATHAN BRUNO AND JASON FLATT ACT (Creates the "Nathan Bruno and Jason Flatt Act" which requires training of teachers/students/school personnel regarding suicide awareness and prevention, and the establishment of a conflict resolution process between teachers or school personnel/students.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5353** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5353.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Amore — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Cassar — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Henries — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Ruggiero — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** 02/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2021-03-02** 03/02/2021 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/03/2021)
- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/14/2021)
- **2021-04-14** 04/14/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2021)
- **2021-06-09** 06/09/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-14** 06/14/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2021)
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2021)
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2021)
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 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/2b9ad830-1a43-4815-9eb6-a88285645f98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).