---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE LICENSING ACT (Requires department of health to establish an informal dispute resolution to address any changes to department of health violations.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE LICENSING ACT (Requires department of health to establish an informal dispute resolution to address any changes to department of health violations.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 97"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 97 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Human Services", "Licenses", "Nursing Homes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Euer", "Kallman", "LaMountain", "McKenney", "Murray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1cd23fb-4984-4f2d-a662-07bef28fc319"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "194a2345b66bf52a9d6afb9fc403bc3aa4cd598a04459ebf32bf2514143ba3a0"
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 97 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE LICENSING ACT (Requires department of health to establish an informal dispute resolution to address any changes to department of health violations.)

## Version chain

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

1. **97** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0097.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** 02/01/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/16/2023)
- **2023-03-16** 03/16/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-26** 06/26/2023 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/f1cd23fb-4984-4f2d-a662-07bef28fc319`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).