---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ELDERLY AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT (Further defines the duties of the department of elderly affairs with regard to elder caregiver respite services.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ELDERLY AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT (Further defines the duties of the department of elderly affairs with regard to elder caregiver respite services.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2231"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2231 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Seniors", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowley", "Gallo", "Lynch Prata", "Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a134abb-4cb1-4587-b087-7715066993b7"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "84c4fd4e9ab0db3ce85672db722320d24a67b2722e00cb44076f026b3be3911e"
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 2231 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ELDERLY AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT (Further defines the duties of the department of elderly affairs with regard to elder caregiver respite services.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2231 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2231A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crowley — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** 02/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** 02/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2018)
- **2018-02-06** 02/06/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for consideration (03/27/2018)
- **2018-03-27** 03/27/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** 03/28/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/03/2018)
- **2018-04-03** 04/03/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-04-04** 04/04/2018 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/1a134abb-4cb1-4587-b087-7715066993b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).