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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- VETERANS' AFFAIRS (Provides for changes to the veterans' services strategic plan advisory committee to provide coordination of state, federal, and private veterans' services.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- VETERANS' AFFAIRS (Provides for changes to the veterans' services strategic plan advisory committee to provide coordination of state, federal, and private veterans' services.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 6315"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6315 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Military Affairs", "Veterans"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Jacquard", "Phillips", "Shanley", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-06-08"
+last_action: "2017-07-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0712512-1fc7-4b2f-b3b4-d4c60d55fe7f"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "7cb0732ebce32dfe435d9bef119b8af4960c5803002b66b65028f04a4c22f206"
+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 6315 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- VETERANS' AFFAIRS (Provides for changes to the veterans' services strategic plan advisory committee to provide coordination of state, federal, and private veterans' services.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6315** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6315.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ackerman — primary (person)
+- Jacquard — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Introduced, referred to House Veterans Affairs `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/15/2017)
+- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2017)
+- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2017)
+- **2017-06-26** 06/26/2017 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2017)
+- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-07-05** 07/05/2017 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/c0712512-1fc7-4b2f-b3b4-d4c60d55fe7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+