---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS"
description: "Requires every public school to have a policy regarding the use of personal electronic devices on school grounds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5598"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5598 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Boylan", "Brien", "Carson", "Casimiro", "Donovan", "McEntee", "McNamara", "Noret", "Read"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d857830-6be9-477c-be1a-9551bc907c46"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "2e426047f9afffe2a71e33a3e3703761fee62cc5e15028cb65a66de0f02cdf17"
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 5598 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS

Requires every public school to have a policy regarding the use of personal electronic devices on school grounds.

## Version chain

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

1. **5598 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5598A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Brien — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/23/2025)
- **2025-04-23** 04/23/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/6d857830-6be9-477c-be1a-9551bc907c46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).