---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND LIFE SCIENCE HUB ACT"
description: "Amends the compositions of the Rhode Island life science hub board of directors and amends the I-195 redevelopment district commission and provides additional amendments to the powers and duties of the commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 3334"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3334 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-05-29"
last_action: "2026-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37a9e022-f023-4734-8cc1-dd53dd7499aa"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "63324af1492e0406c9f87fa92b38ecf8ef8184f27cd17270a7fcb4f33bdbc333"
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 3334 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND LIFE SCIENCE HUB ACT

Amends the compositions of the Rhode Island life science hub board of directors and amends the I-195 redevelopment district commission and provides additional amendments to the powers and duties of the commission.

## Version chain

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

1. **3334 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3334aa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/02/2026)
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2026)
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 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/37a9e022-f023-4734-8cc1-dd53dd7499aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).