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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Amends definition of dating violence to include abusive, coercive behaviors used to exert control and power and provides that abuse may be physical, verbal, emotional, sexual, financial, or psychological and includes threats, isolation, and intimidation.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Amends definition of dating violence to include abusive, coercive behaviors used to exert control and power and provides that abuse may be physical, verbal, emotional, sexual, financial, or psychological and includes threats, isolation, and intimidation.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 796"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 796 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Children and Families", "Education", "Health & Safety", "Sexual Assault"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "Coyne", "Euer", "Gallo", "Goodwin", "Lawson", "Murray", "Quezada", "Sosnowski", "Valverde"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-04-08"
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last_action: "2021-07-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/081e707f-0a22-4ca1-9233-676c45c3998e"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "95a442fb59fb75e10c995ccc55d5eda48273c40a05af09a96e3619d59de43f94"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island SB 796 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Amends definition of dating violence to include abusive, coercive behaviors used to exert control and power and provides that abuse may be physical, verbal, emotional, sexual, financial, or psychological and includes threats, isolation, and intimidation.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **796** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0796.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cano — primary (person)
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- Coyne — primary (person)
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- Euer — primary (person)
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- Gallo — primary (person)
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- Goodwin — primary (person)
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- Lawson — primary (person)
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- Murray — primary (person)
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- Quezada — primary (person)
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- Sosnowski — primary (person)
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- Valverde — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-04-08** 04/08/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/13/2021)
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- **2021-05-13** 05/13/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2021)
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- **2021-06-03** 06/03/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/08/2021)
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- **2021-06-08** 06/08/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Referred to House Education `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/28/2021)
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- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
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- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-07-09** 07/09/2021 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/081e707f-0a22-4ca1-9233-676c45c3998e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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