---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- VETERANS' AFFAIRS (Provides for changes to the veterans' services strategic plan advisory committee to provide coordination of state, federal, and private veterans' services.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- VETERANS' AFFAIRS (Provides for changes to the veterans' services strategic plan advisory committee to provide coordination of state, federal, and private veterans' services.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 6315"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6315 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military Affairs", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Jacquard", "Phillips", "Shanley", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-06-08"
last_action: "2017-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0712512-1fc7-4b2f-b3b4-d4c60d55fe7f"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "7cb0732ebce32dfe435d9bef119b8af4960c5803002b66b65028f04a4c22f206"
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 6315 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- VETERANS' AFFAIRS (Provides for changes to the veterans' services strategic plan advisory committee to provide coordination of state, federal, and private veterans' services.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6315** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6315.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Jacquard — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Introduced, referred to House Veterans Affairs `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/15/2017)
- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2017)
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2017)
- **2017-06-26** 06/26/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Senate 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/c0712512-1fc7-4b2f-b3b4-d4c60d55fe7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).