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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL ON BEHAVIOR HEALTH (Increases membership of council from 26 to 31 voting members with amendments to reflect current names of state depts./divisions/agencies listed in statute.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL ON BEHAVIOR HEALTH (Increases membership of council from 26 to 31 voting members with amendments to reflect current names of state depts./divisions/agencies listed in statute.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 544"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 544 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Mental Health", "Substance Abuse Stamp", "Dept. of BHDDH", "Behavioral Healthcare"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Calkin", "Goldin", "Miller", "Satchell", "Sosnowski"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-03-09"
+last_action: "2017-07-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f56e950-e8a8-4251-b3d3-625199b9864b"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "b72a49765b3230c21ade26c1ec3d9931e3a5347df7aa28140c39a6b91f2510a7"
+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 544 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL ON BEHAVIOR HEALTH (Increases membership of council from 26 to 31 voting members with amendments to reflect current names of state depts./divisions/agencies listed in statute.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **544** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0544.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
+- GOV. COUNCIL ON BEHAVIOR HEALTH — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Calkin — primary (person)
+- Goldin — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Satchell — primary (person)
+- Sosnowski — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-03-09** 03/09/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-03-21** 03/21/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2017)
+- **2017-03-23** 03/23/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2017)
+- **2017-05-23** 05/23/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-05-24** 05/24/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2017)
+- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2017-05-31** 05/31/2017 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2017)
+- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2017)
+- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 House 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/3f56e950-e8a8-4251-b3d3-625199b9864b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+