---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE LICENSING ACT (Allows those individuals who do not otherwise meet the requirements, to reside in an Alzheimer's special care unit or program.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE LICENSING ACT (Allows those individuals who do not otherwise meet the requirements, to reside in an Alzheimer's special care unit or program.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 302"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 302 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "Gallo", "Lynch Prata", "Miller", "Satchell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1adab980-14c1-4c25-8890-73681ddd20f2"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "39d38121cdc8b31327312bbe9b8fdbcb0e7e6bd058315249927f9dfb8fd597d4"
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 302 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE LICENSING ACT (Allows those individuals who do not otherwise meet the requirements, to reside in an Alzheimer's special care unit or program.)

## Version chain

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

1. **302 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0302A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Satchell — 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`
- **2019-03-28** 03/28/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2019)
- **2019-04-02** 04/02/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2019)
- **2019-06-10** 06/10/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2019)
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Committee transferred to House H.E.W.
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 House passed Sub A 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/1adab980-14c1-4c25-8890-73681ddd20f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).