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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (Have each public institution of postsecondary education establish a plan for addressing the mental health needs of its students. Each institution shall develop policies aimed at identifying a student exhibiting suicidal behavior or tendencies.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (Have each public institution of postsecondary education establish a plan for addressing the mental health needs of its students. Each institution shall develop policies aimed at identifying a student exhibiting suicidal behavior or tendencies.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 2346"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2346 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education", "Health & Safety", "Higher Education", "Mental Health"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Calkin", "Crowley", "Goldin", "Satchell", "Sosnowski"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-02-15"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c55084d-ea3d-424e-bb12-8e0ec5189578"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "4c8654c430eb9f68816f82e58403435baf98cf647436a5e4e47ccf38b3634062"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island SB 2346 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (Have each public institution of postsecondary education establish a plan for addressing the mental health needs of its students. Each institution shall develop policies aimed at identifying a student exhibiting suicidal behavior or tendencies.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2346** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2346.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Calkin — primary (person)
+- Crowley — primary (person)
+- Goldin — primary (person)
+- Satchell — primary (person)
+- Sosnowski — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-02** 03/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2018-03-06** 03/06/2018 Meeting postponed (03/07/2018)
+- **2018-03-09** 03/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/14/2018)
+- **2018-03-14** 03/14/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-20** 03/20/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/22/2018)
+- **2018-03-22** 03/22/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/21/2018)
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c55084d-ea3d-424e-bb12-8e0ec5189578`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+