---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS"
description: "Strengthens school security measures, including the establishment of a RI school emergency response committee to develop additional recommendations for school security measures and requiring an annual school safety assessment by all school districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7731"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7731 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Corvese", "Donovan", "Fascia", "McNamara", "Noret", "Read", "Santucci", "Serpa", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-12"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/953ce2de-4bba-4a7c-8704-e059dd88cfdb"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "fb4f679d75afd834553ebbc653c04337ec172ddec527e39235f6ec849c7b6301"
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 7731 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS

Strengthens school security measures, including the establishment of a RI school emergency response committee to develop additional recommendations for school security measures and requiring an annual school safety assessment by all school districts.

## Version chain

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

1. **7731 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7731A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casey — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Fascia — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Santucci — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-12** 02/12/2026 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/17/2026)
- **2026-03-17** 03/17/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/953ce2de-4bba-4a7c-8704-e059dd88cfdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).