---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (Have each public institution of postsecondary education establish a plan for addressing the mental health needs of its students. Each institution shall develop policies aimed at identifying a student exhibiting suicidal behavior or tendencies.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (Have each public institution of postsecondary education establish a plan for addressing the mental health needs of its students. Each institution shall develop policies aimed at identifying a student exhibiting suicidal behavior or tendencies.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 8342"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8342 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Mental Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Canario", "Edwards", "O'Brien", "Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-06-20"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55b69e65-adbd-4397-a8a9-f8c37071e552"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "17230a0f4492232d3098c8ca66f94fd87f4bd08ad6ae1ab0b7604b1fc10a2fe2"
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 HB 8342 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION (Have each public institution of postsecondary education establish a plan for addressing the mental health needs of its students. Each institution shall develop policies aimed at identifying a student exhibiting suicidal behavior or tendencies.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **8342** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8342.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amore — primary (person)
- Canario — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/55b69e65-adbd-4397-a8a9-f8c37071e552`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).