---
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: "SB 459"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 459 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Families", "Education", "Environment", "Health & Safety", "Plumbers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "DiPalma", "Gallo", "Lawson", "Quezada", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7735d849-10c9-4aac-bd84-5e57ffde7e72"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c80fcace404c750b485fa89343764144e2c75bea389dc0aa2adac7e343441f6e"
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 459 (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. **459** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0459.pdf)

## Votes

- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS — **36–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cano — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04** 03/04/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate 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`
- **2021-05-20** 05/20/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/25/2021)
- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-19** 06/19/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 House 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/7735d849-10c9-4aac-bd84-5e57ffde7e72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).