---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE - RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME - ADVISORY COUNCIL (Reduces the number of advisory council members from twenty-seven (27) to fifteen (15) and eliminates the duty of the advisory council to advise the administrator of the veterans' home.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE - RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME - ADVISORY COUNCIL (Reduces the number of advisory council members from twenty-seven (27) to fifteen (15) and eliminates the duty of the advisory council to advise the administrator of the veterans' home.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 6360"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6360 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military Affairs", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Fellela", "McLaughlin", "Messier", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-06-23"
last_action: "2017-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e8afea7-aacb-4108-8f70-ece20346a03a"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "72edff931180692c965aa79f19154332049127198eba91db3155c8066ca9280a"
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 6360 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE - RHODE ISLAND VETERANS' HOME - ADVISORY COUNCIL (Reduces the number of advisory council members from twenty-seven (27) to fifteen (15) and eliminates the duty of the advisory council to advise the administrator of the veterans' home.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6360** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6360.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- McLaughlin — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-23** 06/23/2017 Introduced, referred to House Veterans Affairs `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-05** 07/05/2017 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/5e8afea7-aacb-4108-8f70-ece20346a03a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).