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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS"
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description: "Expands the requirement that all high schools and middle schools, whether they are publicly or privately run to maintain on site a functional AED while establishing and implementing a cardiac emergency response plan in these schools."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 7027"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7027 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Biah", "Donovan", "Finkelman", "McNamara", "Messier", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Phillips", "Read", "Serpa"]
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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: "2026-01-09"
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last_action: "2026-06-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8999ec88-9263-49f0-b974-074b6e681c4a"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "a72e0560e1ce1bec0bda6d744eaa79cc34777669378ad0ac39bf4be5d3e20975"
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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 HB 7027 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS
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Expands the requirement that all high schools and middle schools, whether they are publicly or privately run to maintain on site a functional AED while establishing and implementing a cardiac emergency response plan in these schools.
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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. **7027** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7027.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **62–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Biah — primary (person)
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- Donovan — primary (person)
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- Finkelman — primary (person)
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- McNamara — primary (person)
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- Messier — primary (person)
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- Noret — primary (person)
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- O'Brien — primary (person)
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- Phillips — primary (person)
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- Read — primary (person)
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- Serpa — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-09** 01/09/2026 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-23** 01/23/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/27/2026)
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- **2026-01-27** 01/27/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/02/2026)
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- **2026-04-02** 04/02/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Placed on House Calendar (04/09/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-04-09** 04/09/2026 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2026-04-14** 04/14/2026 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
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- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 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/8999ec88-9263-49f0-b974-074b6e681c4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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