---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Prohibits \"conversion therapy\" by licensed health care professionals with respect to children under eighteen (18) years of age.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Prohibits \"conversion therapy\" by licensed health care professionals with respect to children under eighteen (18) years of age.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5277"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5277 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Children and Families", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Donovan", "McNamara", "Regunberg", "Walsh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-27"
last_action: "2017-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b92aa9a-353f-419d-9d97-977b5691e499"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "26d9e9c5c623c92fd1050ccf1f21e5f9e31a33179cde490d686a15144ecc938b"
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 5277 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Prohibits "conversion therapy" by licensed health care professionals with respect to children under eighteen (18) years of age.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5277 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5277A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Regunberg — primary (person)
- Walsh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-27** 01/27/2017 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-02-10** 02/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/15/2017)
- **2017-02-15** 02/15/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2017)
- **2017-05-24** 05/24/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2017)
- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-01** 06/01/2017 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-13** 07/13/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 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/8b92aa9a-353f-419d-9d97-977b5691e499`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).