---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - NURSE ANESTHETISTS (Permits a registered nurse who is enrolled in an accredited nurse anesthesia program to practice as a nurse anesthetist under the supervision of a certified registered nurse anesthetist or an anesthesiologist.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - NURSE ANESTHETISTS (Permits a registered nurse who is enrolled in an accredited nurse anesthesia program to practice as a nurse anesthetist under the supervision of a certified registered nurse anesthetist or an anesthesiologist.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 298"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 298 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Professions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93d71eeb-bc6f-4a6d-b79f-b1f09bcc28a1"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "c17e4d554bce009ef1f0d36b61a023ab0585f70ebda6937c2271816d5d2879f8"
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 298 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - NURSE ANESTHETISTS (Permits a registered nurse who is enrolled in an accredited nurse anesthesia program to practice as a nurse anesthetist under the supervision of a certified registered nurse anesthetist or an anesthesiologist.)

## Version chain

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

1. **298** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0298.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** 02/13/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** 03/01/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/07/2019)
- **2019-03-07** 03/07/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2019)
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/93d71eeb-bc6f-4a6d-b79f-b1f09bcc28a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).