---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN (Same as 21H-6235 -- Establishes a military family advocacy program to address child abuse and neglect in military families.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN (Same as 21H-6235 -- Establishes a military family advocacy program to address child abuse and neglect in military families.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 6617"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6617 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Casimiro", "Fenton-Fung", "Kazarian", "Kennedy", "Noret", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-06"
last_action: "2022-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/437afc7b-54b3-44ef-8d9f-e1a069e1d702"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "eca0887e44ef1bc25674a9af5c8e629fb46d22fa2733cbb07c9396c6e1d5edb8"
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 6617 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN (Same as 21H-6235 -- Establishes a military family advocacy program to address child abuse and neglect in military families.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6617** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H6617.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **61–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Fenton-Fung — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06** 01/06/2022 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/27/2022)
- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/04/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-04** 05/04/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/31/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 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/437afc7b-54b3-44ef-8d9f-e1a069e1d702`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).