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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS - MENTAL HEALTH LAW (Articulates the role of police officers in obtaining treatment for those showing symptoms of mental illness.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS - MENTAL HEALTH LAW (Articulates the role of police officers in obtaining treatment for those showing symptoms of mental illness.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 5945"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5945 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Mental Health", "Health & Safety", "Police & Fire", "Behavioral Healthcare", "Handicapped"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Almeida", "Canario", "Jacquard", "McKiernan", "Ruggiero"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-03-17"
+last_action: "2017-10-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65a85019-42f7-4bb1-a833-7e875713880a"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "8d5467e12941bbd2e059e7460d599d1fe3fc9c8e82122fb1d9686349e486c67d"
+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 HB 5945 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS - MENTAL HEALTH LAW (Articulates the role of police officers in obtaining treatment for those showing symptoms of mental illness.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5945 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5945A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–2** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Almeida — primary (person)
+- Canario — primary (person)
+- Jacquard — primary (person)
+- McKiernan — primary (person)
+- Ruggiero — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-03-17** 03/17/2017 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-03-31** 03/31/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2017)
+- **2017-04-05** 04/05/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/31/2017)
+- **2017-05-31** 05/31/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2017)
+- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-23** 06/23/2017 Scheduled for hearing (06/27/2017)
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee heard
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2017)
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2017)
+- **2017-09-18** 09/18/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
+- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-10-03** 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-10-05** 10/05/2017 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/65a85019-42f7-4bb1-a833-7e875713880a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+