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type: "Bill"
title: "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.)"
description: "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.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 6359"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6359 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Education", "Children and Families"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Costantino", "Kennedy", "Marshall", "O'Brien"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-06-23"
last_action: "2017-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/603710c3-6129-43c2-bacb-cb448bab6153"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "0eca787037c672002d50a186f3c1035735c5c8060632561ca008d64f4192942b"
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 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](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6359A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **700** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/603710c3-6129-43c2-bacb-cb448bab6153`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).