RI SB 3256
died on adjournmentAN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PUBLIC HEALTH DATA PRIVACY AND PROTECTION ACT
Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did RI SB 3256 pass?
No. RI SB 3256 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-06-05): 06/05/2026 Referred to House Health & Human Services
What is RI SB 3256 about?
Creates the public health data privacy and protection act to regulate the reporting of information relating to reportable disease data in the possession of the department of health.
Who sponsors RI SB 3256?
Sosnowski, Burke are the primary sponsors of RI SB 3256.
Description
Creates the public health data privacy and protection act to regulate the reporting of information relating to reportable disease data in the possession of the department of health.
- Introduced
- 2026-05-05
- Latest action
- 2026-06-05 — 06/05/2026 Referred to House Health & Human Services
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Sosnowskiprimary
- Burkeprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-05-05
05/05/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
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2026-05-15
05/15/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/21/2026)
2026-05-21
05/21/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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2026-05-29
05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
2026-06-02
06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage
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2026-06-02
06/02/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2026)
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2026-06-04
06/04/2026 Senate read and passed
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2026-06-05
06/05/2026 Referred to House Health & Human Services
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Versions
- 3256Compare
Documents
Votes
Passage
2026-06-04 · pass · 37-0
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: other
- Thompson: yes
- Tikoian: yes
- Ujifusa: yes
- Urso: yes
- Valverde: yes
- Vargas: yes
- Zurier: yes
- Madam President: yes
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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Attribution
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