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+type: "Bill"
+title: "JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY SAFE STAFFING RATIOS IN HOSPITALS"
+description: "Creates a 15-member joint commission to study and provide recommendations regarding safe staffing ratios in hospitals, and who would report back to the General Assembly by September 1, 2027, and expire on January 30, 2028."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SR 2258"
+citation: "Rhode Island SR 2258 (2026)"
+classification: ["resolution"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Burke", "Ciccone", "Dimitri", "Murray", "Patalano", "Thompson", "Tikoian", "Urso", "Vargas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-23"
+last_action: "2026-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aef609a5-ee11-474c-87f1-5c4391f9cecf"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "f646af8ad9e955ed8b534dbda48e4d6d0b5081580ba555aa9ec4eb631526c6fa"
+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 SR 2258 (2026) — JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY SAFE STAFFING RATIOS IN HOSPITALS
+
+Creates a 15-member joint commission to study and provide recommendations regarding safe staffing ratios in hospitals, and who would report back to the General Assembly by September 1, 2027, and expire on January 30, 2028.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2258 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2258Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Appollonio — primary (person)
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- Dimitri — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Patalano — primary (person)
+- Thompson — primary (person)
+- Tikoian — primary (person)
+- Urso — primary (person)
+- Vargas — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-23** 01/23/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/28/2026)
+- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
+- **2026-06-01** 06/01/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `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 Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-24** 06/24/2026 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aef609a5-ee11-474c-87f1-5c4391f9cecf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+