---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES (Sepsis and septic shock best practices for hospital and emergency care facilities.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES (Sepsis and septic shock best practices for hospital and emergency care facilities.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 283"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 283 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Hospitals", "Licenses", "Medical"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Miller", "Pearson", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f888b12-3305-453a-970f-e167abebbe23"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "66946c8a708b4b678ffa2aa7c54fe00c413821a80e0a65ef5fc1cf86c532d779"
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 283 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- LICENSING OF HEALTHCARE FACILITIES (Sepsis and septic shock best practices for hospital and emergency care facilities.)

## Version chain

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

1. **283 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0283A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- In Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** 02/16/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/09/2023)
- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** 05/10/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/16/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** 05/17/2023 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-24** 06/24/2023 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/1f888b12-3305-453a-970f-e167abebbe23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).