---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS"
description: "Provides for procedures for the burial of unclaimed remains."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2816"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2816 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Ciccone", "DiPalma", "Lombardi", "Rogers", "de la Cruz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-22"
last_action: "2024-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22624772-8ede-47c1-ad7d-327f16a3bc6f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5081a9c4a88750836e6d540bfe6e7da98583c435f6ea4586cb313c8345e86292"
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 2816 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- OFFICE OF STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS

Provides for procedures for the burial of unclaimed remains.

## Version chain

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

1. **2816 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2816A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- de la Cruz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/11/2024)
- **2024-04-11** 04/11/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/14/2024)
- **2024-05-13** 05/13/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-15** 05/15/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/21/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-05-23** 05/23/2024 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2024)
- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 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/22624772-8ede-47c1-ad7d-327f16a3bc6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).