---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ELECTRONIC MONITORING IN NURSING AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES"
description: "Allows electronic monitoring of residents or private living unit in nursing or assisted living facility with certain restrictions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7969"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7969 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Batista", "Cotter", "Craven", "Dawson", "Finkelman", "Fogarty", "Knight", "McEntee", "Shanley", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-03-05"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d424358-6ece-4bc4-a823-ab55a21107ac"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f0ed7b48a5b7c79148444ef24e997d5f5619de4ff5e73d672b03f4897c4f0fd9"
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 HB 7969 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ELECTRONIC MONITORING IN NURSING AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES

Allows electronic monitoring of residents or private living unit in nursing or assisted living facility with certain restrictions.

## Version chain

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

1. **7969 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7969A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Batista — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Finkelman — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-24** 03/24/2024 Committee transferred to House Health & Human Services
- **2024-03-24** 03/24/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2024)
- **2024-03-26** 03/26/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/7d424358-6ece-4bc4-a823-ab55a21107ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).