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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- MENTAL HEALTH LAW"
+description: "Provides that advanced practice registered nurses have the same immunity from liability as physicians and surgeons."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 2978"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2978 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "DiPalma", "Felag", "LaMountain", "Lauria", "Murray", "Pearson", "Urso", "Vargas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-03-04"
+last_action: "2026-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78e6c29f-07a7-4a63-bf5e-19050f64b5f5"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "7c49ed40480b29b79dc9d35ac53fb4e08fd2ac0703b797b3ce142b57426f0239"
+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 2978 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- MENTAL HEALTH LAW
+
+Provides that advanced practice registered nurses have the same immunity from liability as physicians and surgeons.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2978** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2978.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- Lauria — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+- Urso — primary (person)
+- Vargas — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/07/2026)
+- **2026-05-07** 05/07/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
+- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/78e6c29f-07a7-4a63-bf5e-19050f64b5f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+