---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NURSING HOME STAFFING AND QUALITY CARE ACT (Mandates minimum staffing levels and standards for quality care for nursing homes and their residents.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NURSING HOME STAFFING AND QUALITY CARE ACT (Mandates minimum staffing levels and standards for quality care for nursing homes and their residents.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Developmentally Disabled", "Health & Safety", "Labor", "Nursing Homes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Cano", "Coyne", "Euer", "Felag", "Gallo", "Goodwin", "Lawson", "McCaffrey", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5d15509-92b4-4a50-8733-fc38f4381f38"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "48c2fb874fe238e4498f645de6e3305398253c5a0d4c985e3ef5b7d83686f7c2"
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 2 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NURSING HOME STAFFING AND QUALITY CARE ACT (Mandates minimum staffing levels and standards for quality care for nursing homes and their residents.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0002A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–3** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **63–9** (pass) · upper
- QUALITY CARE ACT — **33–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** 01/11/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11** 01/11/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/21/2021)
- **2021-01-21** 01/21/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26** 01/26/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/02/2021)
- **2021-02-02** 02/02/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-02-04** 02/04/2021 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/11/2021)
- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-05-11** 05/11/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Placed on House Calendar (05/18/2021)
- **2021-05-18** 05/18/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/25/2021)
- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 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/a5d15509-92b4-4a50-8733-fc38f4381f38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).