---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RETENTION OF X-RAYS (Amends the retention of x-ray statute by eliminating retention for the life of the individual to retention for whatever period is required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RETENTION OF X-RAYS (Amends the retention of x-ray statute by eliminating retention for the life of the individual to retention for whatever period is required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 568"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 568 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Medical", "Medicare", "Physicians", "Statutes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Burke", "Ciccone", "F. Lombardi", "Felag", "LaMountain"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da582f10-5a44-4cf7-a9a8-f6e38f09a453"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "76fd41a12834debb821419a4f172af89f9866ee9425c1f8cc7d5fd5738d123fc"
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 568 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RETENTION OF X-RAYS (Amends the retention of x-ray statute by eliminating retention for the life of the individual to retention for whatever period is required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.)

## Version chain

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

1. **568 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0568A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- F. Lombardi — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-28** 04/28/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/02/2023)
- **2023-05-02** 05/02/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2023)
- **2023-05-22** 05/22/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-24** 05/24/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 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/da582f10-5a44-4cf7-a9a8-f6e38f09a453`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).