---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES--AMBULANCE SERVICE COORDINATING BOARD (Gives the ambulance service coordinating board approval powers over regulations, protocols, standards, licensing fees and other administrative actions set proposed by the director of health.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES--AMBULANCE SERVICE COORDINATING BOARD (Gives the ambulance service coordinating board approval powers over regulations, protocols, standards, licensing fees and other administrative actions set proposed by the director of health.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 860"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 860 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees", "Health & Safety", "Licenses", "Medical", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["F Lombardi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-30"
last_action: "2021-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4fdd53c-fa3f-4ff8-8782-65b8aaec0446"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6d0644ed77e6c91517b0fb70f69eed9da86874fc60e85ed8770e833150954b80"
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 860 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES--AMBULANCE SERVICE COORDINATING BOARD (Gives the ambulance service coordinating board approval powers over regulations, protocols, standards, licensing fees and other administrative actions set proposed by the director of health.)

## Version chain

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

1. **860 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0860A.pdf)

## Votes

- COORDINATING BOARD — **34–2** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- F Lombardi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/03/2021)
- **2021-05-03** 05/03/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2021)
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-24** 06/24/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2021)
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on House Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-13** 07/13/2021 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/c4fdd53c-fa3f-4ff8-8782-65b8aaec0446`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).