---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- OFFENSES PERTAINING TO SCHOOLS [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Prohibits the use of a school district's listserv to distribute any political advertisement, invitation, and/or propaganda.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- OFFENSES PERTAINING TO SCHOOLS [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Prohibits the use of a school district's listserv to distribute any political advertisement, invitation, and/or propaganda.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5830"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5830 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advertising", "Children and Families", "Computer Technology", "Education", "Fees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-24"
last_action: "2021-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7e90c63-79ce-4c85-a391-b7648a1a08af"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d24aac4d7ef48b664199a2c43f8833dcb4bbf77dfb22123a529e82adc9880ab1"
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 5830 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- OFFENSES PERTAINING TO SCHOOLS [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 - THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Prohibits the use of a school district's listserv to distribute any political advertisement, invitation, and/or propaganda.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5830** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5830.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Serpa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24** 02/24/2021 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/24/2021)
- **2021-03-24** 03/24/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2021)
- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/25/2021)
- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2021)
- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/15/2021)
- **2021-06-15** 06/15/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 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/d7e90c63-79ce-4c85-a391-b7648a1a08af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).