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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE - RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME - ADVISORY COUNCIL (Reduces the number of advisory council members from twenty-seven (27) to fifteen (15) and eliminates the duty of the advisory council to advise the administrator of the veterans' home.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE - RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME - ADVISORY COUNCIL (Reduces the number of advisory council members from twenty-seven (27) to fifteen (15) and eliminates the duty of the advisory council to advise the administrator of the veterans' home.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 541"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 541 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Military Affairs", "Veterans"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Felag", "Seveney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-03-09"
+last_action: "2017-07-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06a96883-f396-44be-8cb8-06601017424f"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "c84b6af15b1e17fbac5da7315afccd0cf1a37a086fcf6e54e2c850f4296a0c5a"
+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 541 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE - RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME - ADVISORY COUNCIL (Reduces the number of advisory council members from twenty-seven (27) to fifteen (15) and eliminates the duty of the advisory council to advise the administrator of the veterans' home.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **541 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0541aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AS AMENDED — **69–0** (pass) · legislature
+- In Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-03-09** 03/09/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-03-10** 03/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2017-03-13** 03/13/2017 Meeting postponed (03/15/2017)
+- **2017-03-24** 03/24/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2017)
+- **2017-03-29** 03/29/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2017)
+- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2017)
+- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Referred to House Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/27/2017)
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage as amended `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2017)
+- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 House passed as amended `passage`
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2017)
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed as amended 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/06a96883-f396-44be-8cb8-06601017424f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+