republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/hb-6359.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CARDIAC ARREST PREVENTION IN SCHOOL SPORTS (Addresses the potential for sudden cardiac arrest among student athletes by raising awareness of the symptoms ad requiring medical evaluations.)	AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CARDIAC ARREST PREVENTION IN SCHOOL SPORTS (Addresses the potential for sudden cardiac arrest among student athletes by raising awareness of the symptoms ad requiring medical evaluations.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2017	HB 6359	Rhode Island HB 6359 (2017)	bill	Health & Safety Education Children and Families	enacted	Bennett Costantino Kennedy Marshall O'Brien	1	11	1	2017-06-23	2017-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/603710c3-6129-43c2-bacb-cb448bab6153	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	0eca787037c672002d50a186f3c1035735c5c8060632561ca008d64f4192942b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 6359 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CARDIAC ARREST PREVENTION IN SCHOOL SPORTS (Addresses the potential for sudden cardiac arrest among student athletes by raising awareness of the symptoms ad requiring medical evaluations.)

Version chain

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

1. 6359 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 70–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Bennett — primary (person)
• Costantino — primary (person)
• Kennedy — primary (person)
• Marshall — primary (person)
• O'Brien — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-23 06/23/2017 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-06-24 06/24/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/27/2017)
• 2017-06-27 06/27/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2017)
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/29/2017)
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 House passed Sub A passage
• 2017-09-19 09/19/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
• 2017-09-19 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2017-09-25 09/25/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-09-28 09/28/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/603710c3-6129-43c2-bacb-cb448bab6153. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).