---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CIVIL RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES"
description: "Protects against discrimination based on disability in federally funded programs and activities, even if there is a change in the federal law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 887"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 887 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "Gallo", "Lawson", "Mack", "McKenney", "Murray", "Valverde", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-27"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cd09282-19eb-452a-a07d-cc66a44ed6b1"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "261074ad75ab6be1405b0dbe9b88dc0d5a036199198865832a916a5996264a67"
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 887 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CIVIL RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

Protects against discrimination based on disability in federally funded programs and activities, even if there is a change in the federal law.

## Version chain

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

1. **887** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0887.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-27** 03/27/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/23/2025)
- **2025-04-25** 04/25/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2025)
- **2025-04-30** 04/30/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 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/5cd09282-19eb-452a-a07d-cc66a44ed6b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).