---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (School boards to establish threat assessment policies and teams. Oversight committee for the teams is established.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (School boards to establish threat assessment policies and teams. Oversight committee for the teams is established.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5538"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5538 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Mattiello", "Mendez", "Noret", "Serodio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46e2d98e-2b22-4d74-9172-217b0fc7e8d5"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "cbc714f74c403c40a5058abbdeaaf617a18e899e48ab0bf5d942aa7fe372577b"
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 5538 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (School boards to establish threat assessment policies and teams. Oversight committee for the teams is established.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5538** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5538.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Mattiello — primary (person)
- Mendez — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Serodio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** 03/29/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2019)
- **2019-04-03** 04/03/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-04-05** 04/05/2019 Scheduled for consideration (04/10/2019)
- **2019-04-10** 04/10/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** 04/15/2019 Placed on House Calendar (04/24/2019)
- **2019-04-24** 04/24/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** 05/22/2019 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2019)
- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 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/46e2d98e-2b22-4d74-9172-217b0fc7e8d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).