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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL EMERGENCY DRILLS ACT"
description: "Makes revisions to the number, timing, and procedures to be followed when schools grades K through 12 implement fire drills, evacuation drills, and crisis response drills, designed to protect the health and safety of students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2950"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2950 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Burke", "Cano", "DiMario", "Kallman", "Lauria", "McKenney", "Murray", "Pearson", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-05"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68c1ef3e-4833-4c59-95ca-8e3c506c644a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "8a3f1376e121489f2390320bf90f63295db6683be03907f9ca736c9c000c8688"
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 SB 2950 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL EMERGENCY DRILLS ACT
Makes revisions to the number, timing, and procedures to be followed when schools grades K through 12 implement fire drills, evacuation drills, and crisis response drills, designed to protect the health and safety of students.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2950 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2950A.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage — **361** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **750** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-03** 06/03/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/68c1ef3e-4833-4c59-95ca-8e3c506c644a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).