---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL EMERGENCY DRILLS ACT"
description: "Makes revisions to the number, timing, and procedures to be followed when schools grades K through 12 implement fire drills, evacuation drills, and crisis response drills, designed to protect the health and safety of students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 8102"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8102 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Caldwell", "Carson", "Casimiro", "Cotter", "Donovan", "Kislak", "McNamara", "Stewart", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-03-27"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26b7af36-7106-4868-a5fc-7a480bbc0016"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ffb4a004679f5b1ac51703fa9cbfffe8651377fe65f799b94b299c125eb75bfa"
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 8102 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL EMERGENCY DRILLS ACT

Makes revisions to the number, timing, and procedures to be followed when schools grades K through 12 implement fire drills, evacuation drills, and crisis response drills, designed to protect the health and safety of students.

## Version chain

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

1. **8102 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8102A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boylan — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-27** 03/27/2024 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2024)
- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2024)
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/26b7af36-7106-4868-a5fc-7a480bbc0016`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).