---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Prohibits \"conversion therapy\" by licensed health care professionals with respect to children under 18 years of age.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Prohibits \"conversion therapy\" by licensed health care professionals with respect to children under 18 years of age.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 267"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 267 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Licenses", "Children and Families", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Conley", "Lombardo", "Miller", "Nesselbush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9df8b5d-bf47-4cec-afd1-13a5bf99392e"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "1fcffb46cfbf9ecd1339ba89b4e7e9290205e904d53e5644cb98a7d36f542824"
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 267 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Prohibits "conversion therapy" by licensed health care professionals with respect to children under 18 years of age.)

## Version chain

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

1. **267 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0267Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Approval of Amendment — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage as Amended — **32–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Conley — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Nesselbush — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-15** 02/15/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-17** 03/17/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2017)
- **2017-03-21** 03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/30/2017)
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-09-21** 09/21/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-27** 09/27/2017 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/a9df8b5d-bf47-4cec-afd1-13a5bf99392e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).