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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HOSPITAL CONVERSIONS (Streamlines the procedure for the approval of mergers of not-for-profit hospitals and unaffiliated community hospitals.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HOSPITAL CONVERSIONS (Streamlines the procedure for the approval of mergers of not-for-profit hospitals and unaffiliated community hospitals.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 6284"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6284 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Hospitals", "Health & Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barros", "Johnston", "Messier", "Tobon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-06-07"
+last_action: "2017-07-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e24b705d-23b4-401c-85fa-c97247a28ab8"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "f37e7b3d927a561c157a494376a629930133ac97aa2b1787e53f19ff360a7335"
+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 6284 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HOSPITAL CONVERSIONS (Streamlines the procedure for the approval of mergers of not-for-profit hospitals and unaffiliated community hospitals.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6284 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6284A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–2** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barros — primary (person)
+- Johnston — primary (person)
+- Messier — primary (person)
+- Tobon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2017)
+- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-06-26** 06/26/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/27/2017)
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2017)
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-07-13** 07/13/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 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/e24b705d-23b4-401c-85fa-c97247a28ab8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+