---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFIED NURSE-TEACHER (Requires that only certified nurse-teachers may be employed as school nurses in elementary and secondary schools.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFIED NURSE-TEACHER (Requires that only certified nurse-teachers may be employed as school nurses in elementary and secondary schools.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 87"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 87 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Families", "Education", "Nurses", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Cano", "Ciccone", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Gallo", "Murray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03efaf9c-bd19-4860-8bf0-b3693fff70fd"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b7eae72ae730f8cd9980fc9cfa521c2c88734d1e39b8dabf9e1c4a730db3fea2"
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 87 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFIED NURSE-TEACHER (Requires that only certified nurse-teachers may be employed as school nurses in elementary and secondary schools.)

## Version chain

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

1. **87 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0087A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** 01/26/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** 04/09/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/14/2021)
- **2021-04-14** 04/14/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** 04/15/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/27/2021)
- **2021-04-27** 04/27/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-04-28** 04/28/2021 Referred to House Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on House Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-10** 07/10/2021 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03efaf9c-bd19-4860-8bf0-b3693fff70fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).