---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Requires the assessment to examine the status of each school building's safety be completed by November 1 of the year mandated.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Requires the assessment to examine the status of each school building's safety be completed by November 1 of the year mandated.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5016"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5016 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Building Code", "Property", "Health & Safety", "Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Canario", "Lancia", "McNamara", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4ed4e7d-0b69-4b76-8613-cab23581e88d"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "e4f7bd0cb7d84f3fc856a2d283a6fd83f98605163a2d8320ee16ab420d3e1f4e"
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 5016 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Requires the assessment to examine the status of each school building's safety be completed by November 1 of the year mandated.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5016** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5016.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Canario — primary (person)
- Lancia — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-05** 01/05/2017 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-01-13** 01/13/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/18/2017)
- **2017-01-18** 01/18/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-01-27** 01/27/2017 Scheduled for consideration (02/01/2017)
- **2017-02-01** 02/01/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-03** 02/03/2017 Placed on House Calendar (02/07/2017)
- **2017-02-07** 02/07/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/07/2017)
- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2017)
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-19** 06/19/2017 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/f4ed4e7d-0b69-4b76-8613-cab23581e88d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).