---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS"
description: "Requires RIDE to develop type 1 diabetes informational materials for the parents and guardians of students that will be posted publicly on RIDE's website."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2516"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2516 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Felag", "LaMountain", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Miller", "Murray", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95b04e57-fb70-4258-899a-3010aed4e79a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "36cc3d9979c6b784b122b540239d503b5ede0e6cab80db8dc922a8f76a0dfd7a"
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 2516 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS

Requires RIDE to develop type 1 diabetes informational materials for the parents and guardians of students that will be posted publicly on RIDE's website.

## Version chain

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

1. **2516** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2516.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2024)
- **2024-03-27** 03/27/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/14/2024)
- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/21/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-23** 05/23/2024 Referred to House Education `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2024)
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House passed 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/95b04e57-fb70-4258-899a-3010aed4e79a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).