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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE POLICE"
+description: "Creates the PURPLE alert state system to aid in the search for a missing adult with a serious physical, behavioral health, neurological disabilities or medical condition."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 983"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 983 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Britto", "Burke", "Ciccone", "DiPalma", "LaMountain", "Lawson", "Patalano", "Thompson", "Tikoian"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-04-16"
+last_action: "2025-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e60ea6e-e169-4eb6-b575-829cdee88a36"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "e53951b69d8f92a120578ef754ba2d34b4741cab113e19c16371ea816f2bf48a"
+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 983 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE POLICE
+
+Creates the PURPLE alert state system to aid in the search for a missing adult with a serious physical, behavioral health, neurological disabilities or medical condition.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **983 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0983A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Appollonio — primary (person)
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- Patalano — primary (person)
+- Thompson — primary (person)
+- Tikoian — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-04-16** 04/16/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/24/2025)
+- **2025-04-29** 04/29/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/01/2025)
+- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
+- **2025-05-26** 05/26/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/29/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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/6e60ea6e-e169-4eb6-b575-829cdee88a36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+