---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES"
description: "Provides and clarify procedures for the administration of deep sedation and general anesthesia by certain types of nurses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 3184"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3184 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Ciccone", "Famiglietti", "Raptakis", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-04-03"
last_action: "2026-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99f78ef0-28de-4cb5-9236-e49e97562fc7"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1f822256a7329981baff041ba5dda2aa31c5118b5887590ccf79890faf4c61eb"
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 3184 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- NURSES

Provides and clarify procedures for the administration of deep sedation and general anesthesia by certain types of nurses.

## Version chain

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

1. **3184 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3184B.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · upper
- In Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **27–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Famiglietti — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2026)
- **2026-04-29** 04/29/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-04-30** 04/30/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/07/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-07** 05/07/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-05-08** 05/08/2026 Referred to House Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2026)
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House passed Sub B `passage`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub B 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/99f78ef0-28de-4cb5-9236-e49e97562fc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).