---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to incorporate substance abuse prevention and suicide prevention into the health education curriculum.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to incorporate substance abuse prevention and suicide prevention into the health education curriculum.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2182"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2182 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages", "Children and Families", "Drugs", "Education", "Health & Safety", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Algiere", "Gallo", "McCaffrey", "Miller", "Satchell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6db48f60-c806-49cc-a047-491c9ee64366"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "5bee9ce6ead11e40e96433ea3b5b0956f74e3a806454c4f7a552f2924607c31e"
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 2182 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM [SEE TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] (Requires the department of elementary and secondary education to incorporate substance abuse prevention and suicide prevention into the health education curriculum.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2182** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2182.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Algiere — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Satchell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** 02/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** 02/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/07/2018)
- **2018-02-07** 02/07/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-15** 06/15/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House 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/6db48f60-c806-49cc-a047-491c9ee64366`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).