---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- QUALITY SELF-DIRECTED SUPPORTS ACT OF 2026"
description: "Ensures that more developmentally disabled adults can self-direct the care they need and want, by incorporating collective bargaining rights into the self-directed supports program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2882"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2882 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Ciccone", "Mack", "Murray", "Thompson", "Tikoian", "Urso"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-04"
last_action: "2026-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c963447b-62c7-43c4-b4e4-66fd484a4e81"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a91a7f06e4ac135e5433485351d3fa91c1cfac8bcbfaa628bc5b8c77f0204471"
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 2882 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- QUALITY SELF-DIRECTED SUPPORTS ACT OF 2026

Ensures that more developmentally disabled adults can self-direct the care they need and want, by incorporating collective bargaining rights into the self-directed supports program.

## Version chain

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

1. **2882 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2882A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–9** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)
- Urso — 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`
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2026-04-02** 04/02/2026 Meeting postponed (04/02/2026)
- **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`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
- **2026-06-01** 06/01/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/c963447b-62c7-43c4-b4e4-66fd484a4e81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).