---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - CHILDREN (Prohibits the sale of liquid that is intended for human consumption and/or use in an electronic nicotine delivery system that is not contained in child resistant packaging, and also bans the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems in schools.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - CHILDREN (Prohibits the sale of liquid that is intended for human consumption and/or use in an electronic nicotine delivery system that is not contained in child resistant packaging, and also bans the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems in schools.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5876"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5876 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Criminal Offense", "Tobacco", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Donovan", "Nunes", "Ruggiero", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-08"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59d70937-d740-48c5-9eaa-cd88d04017eb"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "89d76ad5b145539a7e99e27dce7f13d49e7bb88dbd398d7c00cd6899b637a0b7"
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 5876 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - CHILDREN (Prohibits the sale of liquid that is intended for human consumption and/or use in an electronic nicotine delivery system that is not contained in child resistant packaging, and also bans the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems in schools.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5876 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5876A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Nunes — primary (person)
- Ruggiero — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-08** 03/08/2017 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-31** 03/31/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2017)
- **2017-04-05** 04/05/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-05-05** 05/05/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/10/2017)
- **2017-05-10** 05/10/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Placed on House Calendar (05/25/2017)
- **2017-05-25** 05/25/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26** 06/26/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-10-03** 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-05** 10/05/2017 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/59d70937-d740-48c5-9eaa-cd88d04017eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).