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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS"
+description: "Provides for procedures for the burial of unclaimed remains."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 2816"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2816 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Ciccone", "DiPalma", "Lombardi", "Rogers", "de la Cruz"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-03-22"
+last_action: "2024-06-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22624772-8ede-47c1-ad7d-327f16a3bc6f"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "5081a9c4a88750836e6d540bfe6e7da98583c435f6ea4586cb313c8345e86292"
+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 2816 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS
+
+Provides for procedures for the burial of unclaimed remains.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2816 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2816A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **36–1** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Rogers — primary (person)
+- de la Cruz — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/11/2024)
+- **2024-04-11** 04/11/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/14/2024)
+- **2024-05-13** 05/13/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-15** 05/15/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/21/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-05-23** 05/23/2024 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2024)
+- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 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/22624772-8ede-47c1-ad7d-327f16a3bc6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+