---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS"
description: "Permits reimbursement for dental hygienists from \"other insurance\" or a third-party payor such as Medicare."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2878"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2878 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Felag", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-04"
last_action: "2026-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3897be4f-04e4-4de8-b186-d64537141e89"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "353196e4e0a427723b3d5f91c23d94f985155bd275d8c350432a5a421fc317d1"
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 2878 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- DENTISTS AND DENTAL HYGIENISTS

Permits reimbursement for dental hygienists from "other insurance" or a third-party payor such as Medicare.

## Version chain

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

1. **2878** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2878.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/05/2026)
- **2026-05-05** 05/05/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-19** 05/19/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2026)
- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/27/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-27** 05/27/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 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/3897be4f-04e4-4de8-b186-d64537141e89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).