---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE POLICE"
description: "Creates the PURPLE alert state system to aid in the search for a missing adult with a serious physical, behavioral health, neurological disabilities or medical condition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 983"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 983 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Britto", "Burke", "Ciccone", "DiPalma", "LaMountain", "Lawson", "Patalano", "Thompson", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-16"
last_action: "2025-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e60ea6e-e169-4eb6-b575-829cdee88a36"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e53951b69d8f92a120578ef754ba2d34b4741cab113e19c16371ea816f2bf48a"
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 983 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE POLICE

Creates the PURPLE alert state system to aid in the search for a missing adult with a serious physical, behavioral health, neurological disabilities or medical condition.

## Version chain

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

1. **983 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0983A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appollonio — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Patalano — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-16** 04/16/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/24/2025)
- **2025-04-29** 04/29/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/01/2025)
- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
- **2025-05-26** 05/26/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/29/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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/6e60ea6e-e169-4eb6-b575-829cdee88a36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).