---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES (Adds six members to the commission on traumatic brain injuries.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES (Adds six members to the commission on traumatic brain injuries.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 309"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 309 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commissions", "Handicapped"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "Nesselbush"]
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/ae3e455d-6a94-413b-8ffb-6dfd089190c1"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "09a39ba8fb8c22152f43c4fb303c422d9dbda847a906828ae4cb42374e1b4c6f"
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 309 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES (Adds six members to the commission on traumatic brain injuries.)

## Version chain

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

1. **309** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0309.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Nesselbush — 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`
- **2019-04-19** 04/19/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/23/2019)
- **2019-04-23** 04/23/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-17** 05/17/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2019)
- **2019-05-21** 05/21/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-22** 05/22/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/28/2019)
- **2019-05-28** 05/28/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/19/2019)
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **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 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 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/ae3e455d-6a94-413b-8ffb-6dfd089190c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).