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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 SB 771 Rhode Island SB 771 (2025)
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Rhode Island SB 771 (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. 771 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passage — 340 (pass) · upper
  • IN CONCURRENCE — 660 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Acosta — primary (person)
  • DiPalma — primary (person)
  • Murray — primary (person)
  • Thompson — primary (person)
  • Urso — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-03-14 03/14/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Education introduction, referral-committee
  • 2025-03-21 03/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2025)
  • 2025-03-26 03/26/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2025-04-18 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
  • 2025-04-21 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/23/2025)
  • 2025-04-25 04/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2025)
  • 2025-04-30 04/30/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2025-05-02 05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2025)
  • 2025-05-06 05/06/2025 Proposed Substitute substitution
  • 2025-05-07 05/07/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-07 05/07/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/13/2025) reading-3
  • 2025-05-13 05/13/2025 Senate passed Sub A passage
  • 2025-05-14 05/14/2025 Referred to House Education referral-committee
  • 2025-06-06 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
  • 2025-06-10 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-06-16 06/16/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) reading-3
  • 2025-06-18 06/18/2025 House 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/de309696-cf0f-473e-8ff4-a885646f01b0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).