---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE NATHAN BRUNO AND JASON FLATT ACT"
description: "Directs middle and high schools which issue student identification cards to include on those cards contact crisis telephone numbers for suicide prevention and substance use disorder prevention."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2348"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2348 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "DiPalma", "Gallo", "Gu", "Murray", "Paolino", "Urso", "Valverde", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-30"
last_action: "2026-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef43c342-fa31-491b-96b0-3b90448f6be6"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1b3d1a510730bcdfa511e40b02e2e52f53b92d5fe600bca9b34ba2e4f397a04d"
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 2348 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE NATHAN BRUNO AND JASON FLATT ACT

Directs middle and high schools which issue student identification cards to include on those cards contact crisis telephone numbers for suicide prevention and substance use disorder prevention.

## Version chain

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

1. **2348 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2348A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Paolino — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-30** 01/30/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** 03/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/11/2026)
- **2026-03-11** 03/11/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2026)
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/ef43c342-fa31-491b-96b0-3b90448f6be6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).