---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES - INFLUENZA IMMUNIZATION (Requires hospitals to offer immunization against influenza virus to all inpatients sixty-five (65) years of age or older from October to March of the following year.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES - INFLUENZA IMMUNIZATION (Requires hospitals to offer immunization against influenza virus to all inpatients sixty-five (65) years of age or older from October to March of the following year.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2226"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2226 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lynch Prata", "McCaffrey", "Metts", "Miller", "Nesselbush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b0b22c1-912a-4cb6-bf1f-867f7cdc4b00"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "4a64fb2a60f25244211500950953863e14a7173bfed5a05e6ad74a3134d14722"
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 2226 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - LICENSING OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES - INFLUENZA IMMUNIZATION (Requires hospitals to offer immunization against influenza virus to all inpatients sixty-five (65) years of age or older from October to March of the following year.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2226 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2226aa.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–3** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **35–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Metts — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Nesselbush — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** 02/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-27** 04/27/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/01/2018)
- **2018-05-01** 05/01/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2018)
- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/31/2018)
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 House passed as amended 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/6b0b22c1-912a-4cb6-bf1f-867f7cdc4b00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).