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| Bill | AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- MENTAL HEALTH LAW | Provides that advanced practice registered nurses have the same immunity from liability as physicians and surgeons. | us/states/ri | Rhode Island General Assembly | 2026 | SB 2978 | Rhode Island SB 2978 (2026) |
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Rhode Island SB 2978 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- MENTAL HEALTH LAW
Provides that advanced practice registered nurses have the same immunity from liability as physicians and surgeons.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- 2978 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passage — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — 69–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- DiMario — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)
- Vargas — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-03-04 03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
introduction, referral-committee - 2026-05-01 05/01/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/07/2026)
- 2026-05-07 05/07/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
committee-failure - 2026-05-26 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
- 2026-05-28 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-05-29 05/29/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/03/2026)
reading-3 - 2026-06-03 06/03/2026 Senate read and passed
passage - 2026-06-05 06/05/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/08/2026)
reading-3 - 2026-06-08 06/08/2026 House passed in concurrence
passage - 2026-06-16 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-06-19 06/19/2026 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/78e6c29f-07a7-4a63-bf5e-19050f64b5f5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).