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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NURSING HOME STAFFING AND QUALITY CARE ACT (Mandates minimum staffing levels and standards for quality care for nursing homes and their residents.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NURSING HOME STAFFING AND QUALITY CARE ACT (Mandates minimum staffing levels and standards for quality care for nursing homes and their residents.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 2"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Appropriation", "Developmentally Disabled", "Health & Safety", "Labor", "Nursing Homes"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Cano", "Coyne", "Euer", "Felag", "Gallo", "Goodwin", "Lawson", "McCaffrey", "Ruggerio"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-01-11"
+last_action: "2021-05-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5d15509-92b4-4a50-8733-fc38f4381f38"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "48c2fb874fe238e4498f645de6e3305398253c5a0d4c985e3ef5b7d83686f7c2"
+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 2 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NURSING HOME STAFFING AND QUALITY CARE ACT (Mandates minimum staffing levels and standards for quality care for nursing homes and their residents.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0002A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–3** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **63–9** (pass) · upper
+- QUALITY CARE ACT — **33–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- Cano — primary (person)
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- McCaffrey — primary (person)
+- Ruggerio — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-11** 01/11/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-11** 01/11/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/21/2021)
+- **2021-01-21** 01/21/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-01-26** 01/26/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/02/2021)
+- **2021-02-02** 02/02/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-02-04** 02/04/2021 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/11/2021)
+- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-05-11** 05/11/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/18/2021)
+- **2021-05-18** 05/18/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/25/2021)
+- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 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/a5d15509-92b4-4a50-8733-fc38f4381f38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+