---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS"
description: "Directs the state department of education to establish an anti-hazing policy in student athletics."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7003"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7003 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Boylan", "Casey", "Fascia", "Hopkins", "McNamara", "Morales", "Paplauskas", "Shekarchi", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-07"
last_action: "2026-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0297c43c-1717-4db6-b4c9-a7d741964207"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b13d191dc3dea8a3d78e0e2460636d76935addc9bdcbe4ef54e4053d18d560dd"
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 7003 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS

Directs the state department of education to establish an anti-hazing policy in student athletics.

## Version chain

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

1. **7003** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7003.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **63–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Fascia — primary (person)
- Hopkins — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Paplauskas — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07** 01/07/2026 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** 02/19/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2026-02-23** 02/23/2026 Meeting postponed (02/24/2026)
- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/03/2026)
- **2026-03-03** 03/03/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/02/2026)
- **2026-04-02** 04/02/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Placed on House Calendar (04/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-09** 04/09/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-04-14** 04/14/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/0297c43c-1717-4db6-b4c9-a7d741964207`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).