---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM (Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to consider incorporating substance abuse education and suicide prevention into the health education curriculum.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM (Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to consider incorporating substance abuse education and suicide prevention into the health education curriculum.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5177"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5177 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Kazarian", "Marshall", "O'Brien", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f57cac0a-4429-4478-8dab-176545ba0580"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "3e6abe4c09229fc831ce25c0e661489a4713ee3884c15436635ec5ad60c28405"
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 5177 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM (Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to consider incorporating substance abuse education and suicide prevention into the health education curriculum.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5177 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5177A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Marshall — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** 01/19/2017 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-01-27** 01/27/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/01/2017)
- **2017-02-01** 02/01/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2017)
- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2017)
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/21/2017)
- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 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/f57cac0a-4429-4478-8dab-176545ba0580`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).