---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS"
description: "Expands the requirement that all high schools and middle schools, whether they are publicly or privately run to maintain on site a functional AED while establishing and implementing a cardiac emergency response plan in these schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7027"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7027 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Biah", "Donovan", "Finkelman", "McNamara", "Messier", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Phillips", "Read", "Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8999ec88-9263-49f0-b974-074b6e681c4a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a72e0560e1ce1bec0bda6d744eaa79cc34777669378ad0ac39bf4be5d3e20975"
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 7027 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS

Expands the requirement that all high schools and middle schools, whether they are publicly or privately run to maintain on site a functional AED while establishing and implementing a cardiac emergency response plan in these schools.

## Version chain

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

1. **7027** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7027.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **62–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Biah — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Finkelman — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09** 01/09/2026 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** 01/23/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/27/2026)
- **2026-01-27** 01/27/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/02/2026)
- **2026-04-02** 04/02/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Placed on House Calendar (04/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-09** 04/09/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-04-14** 04/14/2026 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 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/8999ec88-9263-49f0-b974-074b6e681c4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).