---
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: "SB 816"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 816 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military Affairs", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "DiPalma", "Felag", "Lombardo", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-25"
last_action: "2017-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b84c7ee-a679-43b8-8522-80caa33fc66b"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "7c9ea7388962fe9981a66f9004df4736fd9edfc7bfafc594d8ab8b1ed5ef7c1a"
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 816 (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. **816** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0816.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-25** 04/25/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-05-05** 05/05/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/10/2017)
- **2017-05-10** 05/10/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-11** 05/11/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/17/2017)
- **2017-05-17** 05/17/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2017-05-18** 05/18/2017 Referred to House Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2017)
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 House 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/1b84c7ee-a679-43b8-8522-80caa33fc66b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).