---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS REQUIRED AT PUBLIC PLACES AND HEALTH CARE FACILITIES"
description: "Requires all health care facilities to provide functional automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and least one person who is properly trained in the operation and use of an AED."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7044"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7044 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Brien", "Casey", "Corvese", "Craven", "DeSimone", "Finkelman", "Noret", "Phillips", "Voas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41892daf-3855-4d74-86a2-fae385908d45"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0a0274be0ee5ecc96f322576c43cba8d21ae84190f3d4d38a04711d572e4c169"
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 7044 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS REQUIRED AT PUBLIC PLACES AND HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

Requires all health care facilities to provide functional automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and least one person who is properly trained in the operation and use of an AED.

## Version chain

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

1. **7044 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7044A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Brien — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- DeSimone — primary (person)
- Finkelman — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Voas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** 01/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** 01/26/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/30/2024)
- **2024-01-30** 01/30/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/14/2024)
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/23/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-23** 05/23/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2024)
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/41892daf-3855-4d74-86a2-fae385908d45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).