---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES"
description: "Permits a nurse who has the appropriate knowledge, credentials and clinical competency, to provide home services foot care, which includes routine foot and nail care, as well as implementing a plan of care that includes hygiene and fingernails."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2116"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2116 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Ciccone", "Lawson", "McKenney", "Murray", "Urso", "Valverde", "Vargas", "de la Cruz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7408409e-06d6-4c01-b5af-88405bcc8a69"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9c2c9f382ba28ac589fb3b779d3d0f5e8f406fd7904008b71627580bdff1586c"
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 2116 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES

Permits a nurse who has the appropriate knowledge, credentials and clinical competency, to provide home services foot care, which includes routine foot and nail care, as well as implementing a plan of care that includes hygiene and fingernails.

## Version chain

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

1. **2116 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2116A.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)
- Vargas — primary (person)
- de la Cruz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16** 01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/03/2026)
- **2026-03-03** 03/03/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for consideration (03/31/2026)
- **2026-03-30** 03/30/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-03-31** 03/31/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** 04/02/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/07/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-07** 04/07/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-04-08** 04/08/2026 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/14/2026)
- **2026-04-14** 04/14/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (04/28/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-29** 04/29/2026 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/7408409e-06d6-4c01-b5af-88405bcc8a69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).