---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (Permits Alcoholics Anonymous, and Narcotics Anonymous meetings and permit other agencies to provide similar services for substance use disorders during a declared disaster emergency.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (Permits Alcoholics Anonymous, and Narcotics Anonymous meetings and permit other agencies to provide similar services for substance use disorders during a declared disaster emergency.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 988"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 988 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COVID-19", "Health & Safety", "Mental Health", "Military Affairs", "Substance Abuse"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-28"
last_action: "2021-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b33b2045-fb4f-47a5-b6c8-672ae0f4ac94"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "cd92783cae4d1af2b4e6c7b5038e92ad613689e1fe7aee508827337ea0127c53"
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 988 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (Permits Alcoholics Anonymous, and Narcotics Anonymous meetings and permit other agencies to provide similar services for substance use disorders during a declared disaster emergency.)

## Version chain

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

1. **988** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0988.pdf)

## Votes

- MANAGEMENT — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Murray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-12** 07/12/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-14** 07/14/2021 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/b33b2045-fb4f-47a5-b6c8-672ae0f4ac94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).