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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME (Requires administrator of Rhode Island veterans' home to possess a nursing home administrator license.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME (Requires administrator of Rhode Island veterans' home to possess a nursing home administrator license.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 5466"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5466 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Adm/Office of Veterans Affairs", "Administration", "Military Affairs", "Nursing Homes", "Veterans"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Azzinaro", "Costantino", "Donovan", "Fellela", "Hull", "J. Lombardi", "Serpa", "Shallcross Smith", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-08"
+last_action: "2023-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2438ded-920d-4906-8802-c2ad5616d737"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "65325744eaefbe82c22255971391560a315a128e18cd93f77a3b57b18a2deb9c"
+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 5466 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME (Requires administrator of Rhode Island veterans' home to possess a nursing home administrator license.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5466 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5466A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Abney — primary (person)
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Costantino — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- J. Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-08** 02/08/2023 Introduced, referred to House Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2023-03-14** 03/14/2023 Meeting postponed (03/14/2023)
+- **2023-03-14** 03/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/16/2023)
+- **2023-03-16** 03/16/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/11/2023)
+- **2023-05-11** 05/11/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/25/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
+- **2023-06-05** 06/05/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 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/a2438ded-920d-4906-8802-c2ad5616d737`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+