Rhode Island legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island H7027: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Expands the requirement that all high schools and middle schools, w
Status: Signed into law, June 10, 2026
AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (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.)
What the bill says
From the introduced text, January 9, 2026:
2026 -- H 7027 ======== LC003169 ======== STATEOFRHODEISLAND IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026 ____________ ANACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS Introduced By: Representatives Noret, Read, McNamara, O'Brien, Biah, Finkelman, Serpa, Donovan, Messier, and Phillips Date Introduced: January 09, 2026 Referred To: House Education It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: SECTION 1. Section 16-21-33.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-21 entitled "Health and Safety of Pupils" is hereby amended to read as follows: 16-21-33.1. Automatic external defibrillators Automated external defibrillators, cardiac emergency response plans, and athletic emergency action plans. (a) Legislative findings: (1) Approximately three hundred twenty-five thousand (325,000) Americans suffer sudden cardiac arrest ("SCA") each year and more than ninety-five percent (95%) of them die before reaching the hospital; (2) In the population of Rhode Island, an estimated one thousand (1,000) residents will die of cardiac arrest every year; (3) No official statistics have been gathered about SCA in children, however experts estimate about three hundred (300) deaths because of SCA every year for people under the age of twenty-one (21) or about one tenth of one percent (.001%); (4) This means that at least one person under the age of twenty-one (21) years, most likely a student, will die due to athletics related SCA every year in Rhode Island; …
Sponsors
- Thomas Noret (D, HD-025) · primary sponsor
- Earl Read (D, HD-026)
- McNamara, Joseph (D, HD-019)
- William O'Brien (D)
- Nathan Biah (D)
- Alex Finkelman (D)
- Patricia Serpa (D, HD-027)
- Susan Donovan (D, HD-069)
- Mary Messier (D, HD-062)
- Robert Phillips (D)
Latest actions
- : Signed by Governor
- : Transmitted to Governor
- : Senate passed in concurrence
- : Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar
- : Committee recommends passage in concurrence
- : Scheduled for consideration
- : Referred to Senate Education
- : House read and passed
- : Placed on House Calendar
- : Committee recommends passage
Votes
- Senate Committee on Education: Passage in concurrence (May 26, 2026): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Seq #90: PASSAGE (April 9, 2026): 62 yea, 3 nay, passed
- House Committee on Education: Passage (April 2, 2026): 10 yea, 1 nay, passed
Subjects: EDUCATION
Common questions
- What is H7027?
- H7027 is a bill in the Rhode Island Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Expands the requirement that all high schools and middle schools, w.
- What does H7027 do?
- AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (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.)
- What is the status of H7027?
- Signed into law as of June 10, 2026. Latest action: Signed by Governor (June 10, 2026).
- Who sponsored H7027?
- Thomas Noret (D, HD-025), with 9 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H7027?
- On the Rhode Island Legislature website: http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7027.pdf
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