---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- AUTHORITY TO FINE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS (Amends the name of the title of chapter 5-90 to Ryan's Law.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- AUTHORITY TO FINE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS (Amends the name of the title of chapter 5-90 to Ryan's Law.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2406"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2406 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fb76b7a-eeae-48c6-99a8-7613da24d6cc"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5fac1098b2734dc1484d96580c9f60fea6e00f3b7dd976df3563247cb4a4658d"
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 2406 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- AUTHORITY TO FINE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS (Amends the name of the title of chapter 5-90 to Ryan's Law.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2406** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2406.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-15** 02/15/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/05/2022)
- **2022-05-05** 05/05/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2022)
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-25** 05/25/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/02/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-11** 06/11/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2022)
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/17/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 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/6fb76b7a-eeae-48c6-99a8-7613da24d6cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).