RI SB 2978
enactedAN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- MENTAL HEALTH LAW
Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · upper
Description
Provides that advanced practice registered nurses have the same immunity from liability as physicians and surgeons.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-04
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-06-19 — 06/19/2026 Signed by Governor
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Murrayprimary
- DiPalmaprimary
- LaMountainprimary
- Vargasprimary
- Pearsonprimary
- Ursoprimary
- Felagprimary
- DiMarioprimary
- Lauriaprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-03-04
03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
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2026-05-01
05/01/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/07/2026)
2026-05-07
05/07/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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2026-05-26
05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
2026-05-28
05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage
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2026-05-29
05/29/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/03/2026)
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2026-06-03
06/03/2026 Senate read and passed
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2026-06-05
06/05/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/08/2026)
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2026-06-08
06/08/2026 House passed in concurrence
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2026-06-16
06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor
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2026-06-19
06/19/2026 Signed by Governor
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Versions
- 2978Compare
Documents
Votes
Passage
2026-06-03 · pass · 38-0
Member-level votes (38)
- Acosta: yes
- Appollonio, Jr.: yes
- Bell: yes
- Bissaillon: yes
- Britto: yes
- Burke: yes
- Ciccone: yes
- de la Cruz: yes
- DiMario: yes
- Dimitri: yes
- DiPalma: yes
- Euer: yes
- Famiglietti: yes
- Felag: yes
- Gallo: yes
- Gu: yes
- Kallman: yes
- LaMountain: yes
- Lauria: yes
- Mack: yes
- McKenney: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Murray: yes
- Paolino: yes
- Patalano: yes
- Pearson: yes
- Quezada: yes
- Raptakis: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Sosnowski: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tikoian: yes
- Ujifusa: yes
- Urso: yes
- Valverde: yes
- Vargas: yes
- Zurier: yes
- Madam President: yes
IN CONCURRENCE
2026-06-08 · pass · 69-0
Member-level votes (75)
- Abney: other
- Ackerman: yes
- Ajello: yes
- Alzate: yes
- Azzinaro: yes
- Baginski: yes
- Batista: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Biah: yes
- Boylan: yes
- Brien: yes
- Caldwell: yes
- Carson: yes
- Casey: yes
- Casimiro: yes
- Chippendale: yes
- Cortvriend: yes
- Corvese: yes
- Costantino: yes
- Cotter: yes
- Craven: yes
- Cruz: yes
- Dawson: other
- DeSimone: yes
- Diaz: yes
- Donovan: yes
- Edwards: yes
- Fascia: yes
- Felix: other
- Fellela: yes
- Finkelman: yes
- Fogarty: yes
- Furtado: yes
- Giraldo: yes
- Handy: yes
- Hopkins: yes
- Hull: yes
- Kazarian: yes
- Kennedy: yes
- Kislak: yes
- Knight: yes
- Lima: yes
- Lombardi: yes
- Marszalkowski: yes
- McEntee: yes
- McGaw: yes
- McNamara: yes
- Messier: yes
- Morales: yes
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Nardone: yes
- Newberry: yes
- Noret: yes
- O'Brien: yes
- Paplauskas: other
- Perez: yes
- Phillips: yes
- Place: yes
- Potter: yes
- Quattrocchi: yes
- Read: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Santucci: yes
- Serpa: yes
- ShallcrossSmith: yes
- Shanley: yes
- Shekarchi: other
- Slater: yes
- Solomon: yes
- Speakman: yes
- Spears: yes
- Stewart: yes
- Tanzi: other
- Voas: yes
Related bills
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