---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES--AMBULANCE SERVICE COORDINATING BOARD (Gives the ambulance service coordinating board approval powers over regulations, protocols, standards, licensing fees and other administrative actions set proposed by the director of health.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES--AMBULANCE SERVICE COORDINATING BOARD (Gives the ambulance service coordinating board approval powers over regulations, protocols, standards, licensing fees and other administrative actions set proposed by the director of health.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6282"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6282 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees", "Health & Safety", "Health Care Plans/Services", "Medical", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Casey", "Fellela", "Messier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-04-29"
last_action: "2021-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25bab473-2229-46b7-bb81-ba8412931ebe"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1dc3d06bf5723bff3c6d76f935d9a06548fdbbc4f29fdfab601500d2e8ec869b"
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 6282 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES--AMBULANCE SERVICE COORDINATING BOARD (Gives the ambulance service coordinating board approval powers over regulations, protocols, standards, licensing fees and other administrative actions set proposed by the director of health.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6282 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6282A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-29** 04/29/2021 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/05/2021)
- **2021-05-05** 05/05/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Scheduled for hearing (06/14/2021)
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-14** 06/14/2021 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2021)
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-20** 06/20/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2021)
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-13** 07/13/2021 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/25bab473-2229-46b7-bb81-ba8412931ebe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).