---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Requires all new school buildings and those undergoing major renovations or substantial repair or replacement to plumbing systems to install water bottle filling stations.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Requires all new school buildings and those undergoing major renovations or substantial repair or replacement to plumbing systems to install water bottle filling stations.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5738"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5738 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Construction", "Education", "Health & Safety", "Minors", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Barros", "Edwards", "Felix", "Fogarty", "Kazarian", "Kislak", "McEntee", "Morales", "Potter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/037e219e-1ea9-4cfe-b6b2-a18b5974c738"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ff4aac08b23189b6cf1ffbaf8a626faaae643ba011d370e2dbabbb6c5a570260"
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 5738 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Requires all new school buildings and those undergoing major renovations or substantial repair or replacement to plumbing systems to install water bottle filling stations.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5738** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5738.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Barros — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24** 02/24/2021 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** 03/12/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/15/2021)
- **2021-03-15** 03/15/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-19** 06/19/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/25/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Placed on Senate 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/037e219e-1ea9-4cfe-b6b2-a18b5974c738`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).