---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS"
description: "Requires every public school to have a policy regarding the use of personal electronic devices on school grounds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 771"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 771 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "DiPalma", "Murray", "Thompson", "Urso"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-14"
last_action: "2025-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de309696-cf0f-473e-8ff4-a885646f01b0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9e4131c148b905b015a9674d9f3e94665ff7b3e71878e8a2766ba17f7ac8b6c1"
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 771 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS

Requires every public school to have a policy regarding the use of personal electronic devices on school grounds.

## Version chain

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

1. **771 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0771A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2025)
- **2025-03-26** 03/26/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/23/2025)
- **2025-04-25** 04/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2025)
- **2025-04-30** 04/30/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2025)
- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-05-07** 05/07/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07** 05/07/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/13/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-05-14** 05/14/2025 Referred to House Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/de309696-cf0f-473e-8ff4-a885646f01b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).