---
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: "HB 5314"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5314 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Nurses", "Health Care Plans/Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barros", "Bennett", "Canario", "Marshall", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6359df5-dad1-48f1-96de-7d170e419300"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "e339bdb10bf117ee3cb2ab125007aa9b9a082d3b1de888aa29cc05ba89b2c6d1"
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 5314 (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. **5314 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5314A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barros — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Canario — primary (person)
- Marshall — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** 02/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House Labor `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-03** 03/03/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2017-03-09** 03/09/2017 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/09/2017)
- **2017-03-10** 03/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2017-03-15** 03/15/2017 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/16/2017)
- **2017-04-07** 04/07/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/13/2017)
- **2017-04-13** 04/13/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2017)
- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2017)
- **2017-06-26** 06/26/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Senate 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/b6359df5-dad1-48f1-96de-7d170e419300`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).