---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS"
description: "Directs the state department of education to establish an anti-hazing policy in student athletics."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2495"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2495 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Burke", "DiPalma", "Felag", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "McKenney", "Murray", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6df7bcf-22c8-49cd-948d-e350b172d69c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "51b66f0f178ca66315134cf30149fdc41132490f537f9a8c4973fa45f0f92494"
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 SB 2495 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS

Directs the state department of education to establish an anti-hazing policy in student athletics.

## Version chain

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

1. **2495** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2495.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appollonio — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** 02/06/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2026)
- **2026-04-30** 04/30/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/f6df7bcf-22c8-49cd-948d-e350b172d69c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).