---
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: "SB 2346"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2346 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Health & Safety", "Higher Education", "Mental Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calkin", "Crowley", "Goldin", "Satchell", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c55084d-ea3d-424e-bb12-8e0ec5189578"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "4c8654c430eb9f68816f82e58403435baf98cf647436a5e4e47ccf38b3634062"
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 2346 (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. **2346** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2346.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calkin — primary (person)
- Crowley — primary (person)
- Goldin — primary (person)
- Satchell — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** 03/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2018-03-06** 03/06/2018 Meeting postponed (03/07/2018)
- **2018-03-09** 03/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/14/2018)
- **2018-03-14** 03/14/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-20** 03/20/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/22/2018)
- **2018-03-22** 03/22/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Referred to House H.E.W. `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 in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 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/1c55084d-ea3d-424e-bb12-8e0ec5189578`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).