---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ALCOHOLISM"
description: "Requires the dept of behavioral healthcare/developmental disabilities/hospitals to coordinate with the DOH to propose revisions to chapter 1.10 and 10.1 of title 23, including updates and revisions of statutory language and evidence-based best practices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2087"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2087 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-12"
last_action: "2024-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b143bcd9-0702-4382-a9b7-fc97740156a5"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0928f57e4864879ec01f51cb9ec2b751b82a48c95c2011595cf042cc0af47e85"
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 2087 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ALCOHOLISM

Requires the dept of behavioral healthcare/developmental disabilities/hospitals to coordinate with the DOH to propose revisions to chapter 1.10 and 10.1 of title 23, including updates and revisions of statutory language and evidence-based best practices.

## Version chain

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

1. **2087** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2087.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Miller — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-12** 01/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Meeting postponed (02/13/2024)
- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/15/2024)
- **2024-02-15** 02/15/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/02/2024)
- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/09/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** 05/09/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2024)
- **2024-05-23** 05/23/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/29/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 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/b143bcd9-0702-4382-a9b7-fc97740156a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).