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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: "Requires the department of elementary and secondary education and DOH to adopt policies, rules and regulations for the administration of seizure rescue medications for children who have been medically identified as having epilepsy/seizure disorder."
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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 7481"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7481 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Boylan", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Fogarty", "Handy", "Hull", "Kazarian", "Shallcross Smith", "Spears"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2026-02-04"
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last_action: "2026-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f29ab404-600d-4cca-9d50-de4fb1aa25ef"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "888fdc4913ecbf7dd8756f7333fa90fa8241148863be23de59b55ceb31f1b7d7"
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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 7481 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS
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Requires the department of elementary and secondary education and DOH to adopt policies, rules and regulations for the administration of seizure rescue medications for children who have been medically identified as having epilepsy/seizure disorder.
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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. **7481 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7481A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **64–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alzate — primary (person)
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- Boylan — primary (person)
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- Carson — primary (person)
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- Cortvriend — primary (person)
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- Handy — primary (person)
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- Hull — primary (person)
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- Kazarian — primary (person)
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- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
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- Spears — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-04** 02/04/2026 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/17/2026)
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- **2026-03-17** 03/17/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-05-11** 05/11/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/14/2026)
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- **2026-05-11** 05/11/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-05-14** 05/14/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/19/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-05-19** 05/19/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
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- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2026)
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- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/f29ab404-600d-4cca-9d50-de4fb1aa25ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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