---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - THE HOSPITAL CONVERSIONS ACT (Applies to settlement of St. Joseph Hospital Retirement Plan settlements/joint tortfeasors' releases.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - THE HOSPITAL CONVERSIONS ACT (Applies to settlement of St. Joseph Hospital Retirement Plan settlements/joint tortfeasors' releases.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 8166"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8166 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Hospitals", "Retirement", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Mattiello", "McNamara", "Shekarchi", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-05-04"
last_action: "2018-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c682cc7-b5da-44bc-879a-6f3a34b9a99a"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "180e5c5fb5d3b47b12a3056b0b8781509ae707686867e0509e045fefc411e027"
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 8166 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - THE HOSPITAL CONVERSIONS ACT (Applies to settlement of St. Joseph Hospital Retirement Plan settlements/joint tortfeasors' releases.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8166** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8166.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Mattiello — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/16/2018)
- **2018-05-16** 05/16/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2018)
- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-26** 06/26/2018 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/0c682cc7-b5da-44bc-879a-6f3a34b9a99a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).