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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS Requires every public school to have a policy regarding the use of personal electronic devices on school grounds. us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2025 HB 5598 Rhode Island HB 5598 (2025)
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Rhode Island HB 5598 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS

Requires every public school to have a policy regarding the use of personal electronic devices on school grounds.

Version chain

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

  1. 5598 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 720 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Alzate — primary (person)
  • Boylan — primary (person)
  • Brien — primary (person)
  • Carson — primary (person)
  • Casimiro — primary (person)
  • Donovan — primary (person)
  • McEntee — primary (person)
  • McNamara — primary (person)
  • Noret — primary (person)
  • Read — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-26 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Education introduction, referral-committee
  • 2025-04-18 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/23/2025)
  • 2025-04-23 04/23/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2025-06-06 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
  • 2025-06-06 06/06/2025 Proposed Substitute substitution
  • 2025-06-10 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-06-13 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) reading-3
  • 2025-06-16 06/16/2025 House passed Sub A passage
  • 2025-06-16 06/16/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) reading-3
  • 2025-06-18 06/18/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
  • 2025-06-18 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2025-06-23 06/23/2025 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d857830-6be9-477c-be1a-9551bc907c46. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).