---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HOSPITAL CONVERSIONS (Streamlines the procedure for the approval of mergers of not-for-profit hospitals and unaffiliated community hospitals.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HOSPITAL CONVERSIONS (Streamlines the procedure for the approval of mergers of not-for-profit hospitals and unaffiliated community hospitals.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 6284"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6284 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospitals", "Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barros", "Johnston", "Messier", "Tobon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-06-07"
last_action: "2017-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e24b705d-23b4-401c-85fa-c97247a28ab8"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "f37e7b3d927a561c157a494376a629930133ac97aa2b1787e53f19ff360a7335"
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 6284 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HOSPITAL CONVERSIONS (Streamlines the procedure for the approval of mergers of not-for-profit hospitals and unaffiliated community hospitals.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **6284 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6284A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barros — primary (person)
- Johnston — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Tobon — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2017)
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-26** 06/26/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-13** 07/13/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 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/e24b705d-23b4-401c-85fa-c97247a28ab8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).