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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 nonprofit hospitals.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HOSPITAL CONVERSIONS (Streamlines the procedure for the approval of mergers of nonprofit hospitals.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 937"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 937 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Health & Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Conley", "Crowley", "Nesselbush"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-06-06"
+last_action: "2017-07-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2415fc33-7bbe-4469-922a-e90845dc3d72"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "231422a2dbe78c63bd8bd5bb44e0347812beec25abd65d5af48ce971614a21c3"
+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 937 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HOSPITAL CONVERSIONS (Streamlines the procedure for the approval of mergers of nonprofit hospitals.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **937 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0937Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Approval of Amendment — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passage as Amended — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Conley — primary (person)
+- Crowley — primary (person)
+- Nesselbush — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-06-06** 06/06/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-06-06** 06/06/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/08/2017)
+- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
+- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
+- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2017)
+- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2017)
+- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/29/2017)
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-07-19** 07/19/2017 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/2415fc33-7bbe-4469-922a-e90845dc3d72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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