---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - HEALTH CARE ACCESSIBILITY AND QUALITY ASSURANCE ACT (Requires health care facilities to report to the department of health the use of non-Rhode Island licensed nurses.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - HEALTH CARE ACCESSIBILITY AND QUALITY ASSURANCE ACT (Requires health care facilities to report to the department of health the use of non-Rhode Island licensed nurses.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 863"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 863 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-04"
last_action: "2017-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67382c3f-60a7-44c0-bdf2-c891e8e8be89"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "b92ceb2988960a7b48d2a007e14b8456ee48658ae4da4d23e0d27a49cc8d29f0"
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 863 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - HEALTH CARE ACCESSIBILITY AND QUALITY ASSURANCE ACT (Requires health care facilities to report to the department of health the use of non-Rhode Island licensed nurses.)

## Version chain

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

1. **863 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0863A.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-04** 05/04/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-05-05** 05/05/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/11/2017)
- **2017-05-11** 05/11/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/25/2017)
- **2017-05-25** 05/25/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-01** 06/01/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/07/2017)
- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2017)
- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A 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 Sub A 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/67382c3f-60a7-44c0-bdf2-c891e8e8be89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).