---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Requires that instruction in health and physical education include information provided to students that mixing opioids and alcohol can cause accidental death.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Requires that instruction in health and physical education include information provided to students that mixing opioids and alcohol can cause accidental death.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5253"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5253 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Education", "Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Craven", "McEntee", "O'Brien"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fc72de5-9a5a-4236-b1e6-1ed12bc06e85"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "97f14b8b6f4efa4c1d42560f74c76e36be48bd039cc5d9ce88430bd1f82dfb11"
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 5253 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Requires that instruction in health and physical education include information provided to students that mixing opioids and alcohol can cause accidental death.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5253** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5253.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amore — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** 01/31/2019 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** 02/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2019)
- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Scheduled for consideration (03/13/2019)
- **2019-03-13** 03/13/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** 03/15/2019 Placed on House Calendar (03/21/2019)
- **2019-03-21** 03/21/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-04-04** 04/04/2019 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2019)
- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/8fc72de5-9a5a-4236-b1e6-1ed12bc06e85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).